Minikube Start Stuck Pulling base image

Question

I have been trying to setup minikube but the command is stuck at pulling base image since forever

it looks like you've to enter either p or s. – David Jul 10 '22 at 10:43 — David, Jul 10 '22 at 10:43
Entering p or s does not make any difference. – amolgautam Jul 19 '22 at 01:31 — amolgautam, Jul 19 '22 at 01:31

score 27 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 14 '22 at 05:30

27

It's not stuck; it is just not showing the output of the downloading progress. It's an 800 MB file, it takes time to download.

See https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/7012

answered Jul 14 '22 at 05:30

Jaskaran S

286
2
2

1

Yes You are right it took time but it was done later On. – Sumit Mukharjee Jul 15 '22 at 06:02

score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 04 '22 at 16:33

If you are getting an error like failed to download kic base image or any fallback image run the following command

minikube delete --all --purge

then start the cluster using minikube start

(Link to the original issue - https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/8997)

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Jul 10 '22 at 13:08

3

Do the following:

# Remove all old data
minikube delete

# start a fresh instance
minikube start

# Start with a different driver
minikube start --driver=<docker/hyperkit>

answered Jul 10 '22 at 13:08

CodeWizard

128,036
21
144
167

1

I had same issue and delete then start fixed it for me – Ismail Aug 15 '22 at 11:28

score 3 · Answer 4 · answered Jul 19 '22 at 22:31

3

If you are using docker driver, you can also manually download the image.

Executing : docker pull gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase:v0.0.32 did the trick for me.

answered Jul 19 '22 at 22:31

amolgautam

897
10
20

score 3 · Answer 5 · answered Jan 30 '23 at 13:02

@amolgautam answer worked for me as well. Only making a small addition in case if someone gets stuck

You need to add --base-image when executing the minikube start command in case if the image you downloaded is not the latest one being used by Minikube.

minikube start --base-image "gcr.io/k8s-minikube/kicbase:v0.0.32"

Minikube Start Stuck Pulling base image

5 Answers5