Minikube not working in Windows 8

Question

I'm new to Kubernetes. With the help of Kubernetes documentation , I installed minikube(v0.24.1) and kubectl in my Windows machine. VirtualBox(Version 5.1.18) is also installed in my machine.

Before starting the minikube, i have executed set HTTP_PROXY=xx.xx.xx:8080 and set NO_PROXY=localhost,127.0.0.0/8,192.0.0.0/8 in Windows command prompt

Started minikube by passing Proxy Details :

C:\minikube>minikube start --memory 4096  --vm-driver=virtualbox --docker-env http_proxy=xx.xx.xx:8080  --docker-env https_proxy=xx.xx.xx:8080 --docker-env no_proxy=localhost,127.0.0.0/8,192.0.0.0/8 --cache-images=false
Starting local Kubernetes v1.9.0 cluster...
Starting VM...
Getting VM IP address...
Moving files into cluster...
Setting up certs...
Connecting to cluster...
Setting up kubeconfig...
Starting cluster components...
Kubectl is now configured to use the cluster.
Loading cached images from config file.

Error from Kubectl :

C:\minikube>kubectl version
Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"9", GitVersion:"v1.9.0", GitCommit:"925c127ec6b946659ad0fd596fa959be43f0cc05", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2017-12-15T21:07:38Z", GoVersion:"go1.9.2", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"windows/amd64"}
Unable to connect to the server: dial tcp 192.168.99.100:8443: connectex: An attempt was made to access a socket in a way forbidden by its access permissions.

Minikube Logs:

Feb 01 08:48:35 minikube localkube[2941]: E0201 08:48:35.223594    2941 proxier.go:1701] Failed to delete stale service IP 10.96.0.10 connections, error: error deleting connection tracking
 file not found in $PATH
Feb 01 08:48:38 minikube localkube[2941]: I0201 08:48:38.738404    2941 node_controller.go:857] Controller detected that some Nodes are Ready. Exiting master disruption mode.
Feb 01 08:48:45 minikube localkube[2941]: W0201 08:48:45.765543    2941 conversion.go:110] Could not get instant cpu stats: different number of cpus
Feb 01 08:48:55 minikube localkube[2941]: W0201 08:48:55.776172    2941 conversion.go:110] Could not get instant cpu stats: different number of cpus
Feb 01 08:49:24 minikube localkube[2941]: E0201 08:49:24.338731    2941 healthcheck.go:317] Failed to start node healthz on 0: listen tcp: address 0: missing port in address
Feb 01 08:50:24 minikube localkube[2941]: E0201 08:50:24.341890    2941 healthcheck.go:317] Failed to start node healthz on 0: listen tcp: address 0: missing port in address
Feb 01 08:51:24 minikube localkube[2941]: E0201 08:51:24.342845    2941 healthcheck.go:317] Failed to start node healthz on 0: listen tcp: address 0: missing port in address
Feb 01 08:52:24 minikube localkube[2941]: E0201 08:52:24.344497    2941 healthcheck.go:317] Failed to start node healthz on 0: listen tcp: address 0: missing port in address
Feb 01 08:53:24 minikube localkube[2941]: E0201 08:53:24.349095    2941 healthcheck.go:317] Failed to start node healthz on 0: listen tcp: address 0: missing port in address
Feb 01 08:54:24 minikube localkube[2941]: E0201 08:54:24.351143    2941 healthcheck.go:317] Failed to start node healthz on 0: listen tcp: address 0: missing port in address

How to fix this issue?

Answer 1

As @ivthillo already was pointing out, the issue may occur because you are behind a proxy. In this link they explain solutions to configure minikube when you are behind a proxy: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/530#issuecomment-250801735

Try starting minikube like this:

minikube start --docker-env HTTP_PROXY=http://$YOURPROXY:PORT \ --docker-env HTTPS_PROXY=https://$YOURPROXY:PORT

This should configure docker to use your proxy.

Here they also propose other solutions: https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/530#issuecomment-347718692