unable to create multinode cluster

[devaraj2002]

What Happened?

X Exiting due to K8S_APISERVER_MISSING: wait 6m0s for node: wait for apiserver proc: apiserver process never appeared

Attach the log file

$ minikube start --nodes 4 -p demo

• [demo] minikube v1.33.1 on Microsoft Windows 11 Home Single Language 10.0.22631.4037 Build 22631.4037
• Using the docker driver based on existing profile
  ! You cannot change the number of nodes for an existing minikube cluster. Please use 'minikube node add' to add nodes to an existing cluster.
• Starting "demo" primary control-plane node in "demo" cluster
• Pulling base image v0.0.44 ...
• Downloading Kubernetes v1.30.0 preload ...
• Restarting existing docker container for "demo" ...
  ! This container is having trouble accessing https://registry.k8s.io
• To pull new external images, you may need to configure a proxy: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/reference/networking/proxy/
• Preparing Kubernetes v1.30.0 on Docker 26.1.1 ...
• Verifying Kubernetes components...
  • Using image gcr.io/k8s-minikube/storage-provisioner:v5
    ! Enabling 'storage-provisioner' returned an error: running callbacks: [sudo KUBECONFIG=/var/lib/minikube/kubeconfig /var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.30.0/kubectl apply --force -f /etc/kubernetes/addons/storage-provisioner.yaml: Process exited with status 1
    stdout:

stderr:
error: error validating "/etc/kubernetes/addons/storage-provisioner.yaml": error validating data: failed to download openapi: Get "https://localhost:8443/openapi/v2?timeout=32s": dial tcp [::1]:8443: connect: connection refused; if you choose to ignore these errors, turn validation off with --validate=false
]
! Enabling 'default-storageclass' returned an error: running callbacks: [sudo KUBECONFIG=/var/lib/minikube/kubeconfig /var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.30.0/kubectl apply --force -f /etc/kubernetes/addons/storageclass.yaml: Process exited with status 1
stdout:

stderr:
error: error validating "/etc/kubernetes/addons/storageclass.yaml": error validating data: failed to download openapi: Get "https://localhost:8443/openapi/v2?timeout=32s": dial tcp [::1]:8443: connect: connection refused; if you choose to ignore these errors, turn validation off with --validate=false
]

• Enabled addons:

X Exiting due to K8S_APISERVER_MISSING: wait 6m0s for node: wait for apiserver proc: apiserver process never appeared

• Suggestion: Check that the provided apiserver flags are valid, and that SELinux is disabled
• Related issues:
  • apiserver.Authorization.Mode=RBAC causes apiserver timeout #4536
  • none on CentOS 8: waiting for apiserver: apiserver process never appeared #6014

Operating System

Redhat/Fedora

Driver

Docker