The "virtualbox" driver should not be used with root privileges.

[ts7101990]

I am trying to install minikube and run it. So I have followed the below steps:

1. Installed Oracle Virtual box.
   VBoxManage -version --> 6.0.14_Ubuntur132055

2. Installed Kubectl.
   kubectl version --client --> Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"18", GitVersion:"v1.18.1", GitCommit:"7879fc12a63337efff607952a323df90cdc7a335", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2020-04-08T17:38:50Z", GoVersion:"go1.13.9", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}

3. Installed minikube but when I tried "minikube start" it didn't work. Please refer the below details for more information.

root@osboxes:/home/osboxes# minikube start
😄 minikube v1.9.2 on Ubuntu 19.10
✨ Using the virtualbox driver based on user configuration
🛑 The "virtualbox" driver should not be used with root privileges.
💡 If you are running minikube within a VM, consider using --driver=none:
📘 https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/reference/drivers/none/
root@osboxes:/home/osboxes# minikube start --driver=none;
😄 minikube v1.9.2 on Ubuntu 19.10
✨ Using the none driver based on user configuration
💣 Sorry, Kubernetes v1.18.0 requires conntrack to be installed in root's path
root@osboxes:/home/osboxes# minikube start --driver=docker;
😄 minikube v1.9.2 on Ubuntu 19.10
✨ Using the docker driver based on user configuration
🛑 The "docker" driver should not be used with root privileges.
💡 If you are running minikube within a VM, consider using --driver=none:
📘 https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/reference/drivers/none/

Let me know what I can do next.

[tstromberg]

I would strongly encourage you to make a non-root user. The root user in UNIX is for administrative commands, not interactive developer tools.

We should see about removing the guidance for using --driver=none.

[abdullaheldemerdash]

try to add --force

[medyagh]

@ts7101990 we dont recommend using minikbue with root user. please reopen if you really think this is needed

[vivekshwarup]

Please try with
minikube start --driver=docker --force

[Sahilgupta942]

Please try with
minikube start --driver=docker --force

Thank you for the help.....after trying all other methods, this method worked

[pingdhinakaran]

its works! # sudo minikube start --force

[karinagrullon]

Please try with minikube start --driver=docker --force

Added "sudo" at the beginning too!

[Bhavesh-Muleva]

Don't write this command: minikube start --driver=(virtualbox or any other) as the root user
Just exit from the root user and execute this command as a non-root user.