Permission Denied

[rkymtnsteel]

What Happened?

after installing kubectl and minikube, I executed minikube start --driver=virtualbox and this is the output:
minikube start --driver=virtualbox
😄 minikube v1.35.0 on Ubuntu 22.04
▪ KUBECONFIG=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf
✨ Using the virtualbox driver based on user configuration
👍 Starting "minikube" primary control-plane node in "minikube" cluster
🔥 Creating virtualbox VM (CPUs=2, Memory=6000MB, Disk=20000MB) ...
🐳 Preparing Kubernetes v1.32.0 on Docker 27.4.0 ...
▪ Generating certificates and keys ...
▪ Booting up control plane ...
▪ Configuring RBAC rules ...
🔗 Configuring bridge CNI (Container Networking Interface) ...

❌ Exiting due to GUEST_START: failed to start node: Failed kubeconfig update: writing kubeconfig: Error creating directory: /etc/kubernetes: mkdir /etc/kubernetes: permission denied

Attach the log file

logs.txt

Operating System

Ubuntu

Driver

VirtualBox

[Ritikaa96]

/kind support

[Ritikaa96]

somewhat similar issue: #18766
Please take a look at it and see if the recommended solution worked?
The main issue is due to insufficient permission.

[Ritikaa96]

you can try manually creating the directory using:

sudo mkdir -p /etc/kubernetes
sudo chmod 755 /etc/kubernetes

[Ritikaa96]

Update here in case these do not work.
and in case the suggestions worked please close this issue.

[rkymtnsteel]

you can try manually creating the directory using:

sudo mkdir -p /etc/kubernetes
sudo chmod 755 /etc/kubernetes
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[rkymtnsteel]

you can try manually creating the directory using:

sudo mkdir -p /etc/kubernetes
sudo chmod 755 /etc/kubernetes
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I believe the issue lies with the VM directories. I have looked for a way to specify this behavior in preferences with no luck.

[Ritikaa96]

It can also occur due to the permissions you created the VM with. try to change it and check

[rkymtnsteel]

Changing permissions worked.