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I am trying to get minishift runnin on my machine (Windows 10) with Virtualbox 5.1.24.
Minishift version: 1.0.0+4f8cb6d
CDK Version: 3.0.0-2

Starting minishift gives me the following:

C:\>minishift start --vm-driver virtualbox
Starting local OpenShift cluster using 'virtualbox' hypervisor...
E0727 18:34:21.682796   17204 start.go:176] Error starting the VM: Error 
creating new host: Error attempting to get plugin server address for RPC: 
Failed to dial the plugin server in 10s. Retrying.
E0727 18:34:31.740746   17204 start.go:176] Error starting the VM: Error 
creating new host: Error attempting to get plugin server address for RPC: 
Failed to dial the plugin server in 10s. Retrying.
E0727 18:34:41.770667   17204 start.go:176] Error starting the VM: Error 
creating new host: Error attempting to get plugin server address for RPC: 
Failed to dial the plugin server in 10s. Retrying.
Error starting the VM:  Error creating new host: Error attempting to get 
plugin server address for RPC: Failed to dial the plugin server in 10s
Error creating new host: Error attempting to get plugin server address for 
RPC: Failed to dial the plugin server in 10s
Error creating new host: Error attempting to get plugin server address for       
RPC: Failed to dial the plugin server in 10s

I read the comments that it needs to run from the C:\drive but it looks like this did not fix the problem. I am happy about any hints how to fix this. If there is any additional information you need, just let me know.

Alex Menz
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  • It works with a minishift 1.3.0 - is the packaged solution supposed to work? – Alex Menz Jul 28 '17 at 14:36
  • I am using minishift 1.3.0 and still getting below error frequenty- Error attempting to get plugin server address for RPC: Failed to dial the plugin server in 10s – Kuldeep Sep 05 '17 at 12:31
  • Hi Kuldeep, which driver? which OS? which VM solution? please give us some more information to work with. – Alex Menz Sep 06 '17 at 14:06
  • Hey Alex, Actually it works after giving 2-3 retires ;). – Kuldeep Oct 05 '17 at 12:39
  • Have you got it to consistently work? It came up once but can't get it to work again after multiple retries. – leeman24 Jan 26 '19 at 03:39

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Sounds like you got it working.

I usually encourage folks who are having trouble starting their minishift VMs to try the following:

  1. Find your preferred virtualization provider from the list of available options
  2. Install the appropriate driver plugin for your system
  3. Persist your VM provider configuration: minishift config set vm-driver virualbox
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  • I am having the same problem, with just starting minishift up for the same time. The link under (2) returns "docs.okd.io redirected you too many times." My issue, from "https://docs.okd.io/3.11/minishift/getting-started/setting-up-virtualization-environment.html#setting-up-hyper-v-driver", is that creating an External Switch fails - "has not been granted those access rights" – Dr Dave Apr 15 '21 at 18:03