Use minikube on my ubuntu vm on virtualbox

[akmabrouk]

Hi
Is it possible to use minikube on ubuntu vm on virtualbox and does this mean I still need to install another virualbox for linux which means 2 virtuabox layers? When it is said: "minikube on linux" do they mean linux installed on a baremetal not a VM? I am kind of confused here.

Your guidance would be much appreciated. Thanks you

[afbjorklund]

What are you trying to do ? Do you have something else in this ubuntu VM, like a favorite text editor or something like that. Or why don't you install minikube on the host that is running virtualbox ?

There's currently some issues with running nested virtualization, so it is better off avoided if possible. If you prefer to install the VM yourself, you could install kubeadm directly rather than use minikube.

[tstromberg]

When the documentation says minikube on Linux, it assumes bare metal. VirtualBox 6.0 however does have some support for nested VM's. Perhaps you could try it and let us know how it works?

[ihor-sviziev]

Hi,

I have the same issue. I have Win 10 as a host, virtual machine with Ubuntu where right now I have all needed environment for development (IDE) + check outed projects + docker, and All needed servers right now running using docker-compose. I'd like to try move my services to kubernetes, so locally I need minikube.

Is it ok to use vm driver "none" in this case? or it's better to run minikube on win10 and connect to it from 2nd virtual machine?

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[tstromberg]

In a nutshell, avoid nested VM's when possible. If you can just run minikube directly on your host, it will work much better than running it from inside a VM due to restrictions VM managers have for nesting.

If you must run minikube in a VM, consider using --vm-driver=none. Thanks!

[rnmulchandani]

Hello Everyone,

I have Windows 10 host. On top of it, I am running Ubuntu 18.04 VM using Hyper-V. I have all my development set up on this Ubuntu 18.04 VM.
I am trying to install Minikube on this Ubutun VM which is running in Hyper-V.
When I run command sudo minikube start --vm-driver=none it gets stuck at downloading stuck at download kubeadm v1.15.3.
Please help me with this. The reason behind running on VM is I have all my development environment set up.

[asoltesz]

@rnmulchandani The Docker driver may be of help for this situation. That runs Minikube in Docker, so it sould work OK in your VM.