Error Codes
Error Strings
“MK_PATCH_NOT_FOUND” (Exit code ExProgramUsage)
minikube could not find a patch for the provided major.minor version
“MK_USAGE” (Exit code ExProgramUsage)
minikube has been passed an incorrect parameter
“MK_USAGE_NO_PROFILE” (Exit code ExProgramUsage)
minikube has no current cluster running
“MK_INTERRUPTED” (Exit code ExProgramConflict)
minikube was interrupted by an OS signal
“MK_WRONG_BINARY_WSL” (Exit code ExProgramUnsupported)
user attempted to run a Windows executable (.exe) inside of WSL rather than using the Linux binary
“MK_UNIMPLEMENTED” (Exit code ExProgramUnsupported)
this feature is unimplemented for whatever reason
“MK_NEW_APICLIENT” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to create a new Docker Machine api client
“MK_ADDON_DISABLE” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube could not disable an addon, e.g. dashboard addon
“MK_ADDON_ENABLE” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube could not enable an addon, e.g. dashboard addon
“MK_ADDON_ENABLE_PAUSED” (Exit code ExProgramConflict)
minikube could not enable an addon on a paused cluster
“MK_ADDON_DISABLE_PAUSED” (Exit code ExProgramConflict)
minikube could not disable an addon on a paused cluster
“MK_ADD_CONFIG” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to update internal configuration, such as the cached images config map
“MK_BOOTSTRAPPER” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to create a cluster bootstrapper
“MK_CACHE_LIST” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to list cached images
“MK_CACHE_LOAD” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minkube failed to cache and load cached images
“MK_COMMAND_RUNNER” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to load a Docker Machine CommandRunner
“MK_START_NERDCTLD” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to start nerdctld
“MK_COMPLETION” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to generate shell command completion for a supported shell
“MK_CONFIG_SET” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to set an internal config value
“MK_CONFIG_UNSET” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to unset an internal config value
“MK_CONFIG_VIEW” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to view current config values
“MK_DEL_CONFIG” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to delete an internal configuration, such as a cached image
“MK_DOCKER_SCRIPT” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to generate script to activate minikube docker-env
“MK_BIND_FLAGS” (Exit code ExProgramError)
an error occurred when viper attempted to bind flags to configuration
“MK_FORMAT_USAGE” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minkube was passed an invalid format string in the –format flag
“MK_GENERATE_DOCS” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to auto-generate markdown-based documentation in the specified folder
“MK_JSON_MARSHAL” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to marshal a JSON object
“MK_K8S_CLIENT” (Exit code ExControlPlaneUnavailable)
minikube failed to create a Kubernetes client set which is necessary for querying the Kubernetes API
“MK_LIST_CONFIG” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to list some configuration data
“MK_LOG_FOLLOW” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to follow or watch minikube logs
“MK_NEW_RUNTIME” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to create an appropriate new runtime based on the driver in use
“MK_OUTPUT_USAGE” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube was passed an invalid value for the –output command line flag
“MK_RUNTIME” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube could not configure the runtime in use, or the runtime failed
“MK_RESERVED_PROFILE” (Exit code ExProgramConflict)
minikube was passed a reserved keyword as a profile name, which is not allowed
“MK_ENV_SCRIPT” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minkube failed to generate script to set or unset minikube-env
“MK_SHELL_DETECT” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to detect the shell in use
“MK_STATUS_JSON” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to output JSON-formatted minikube status
“MK_STATUS_TEXT” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to output minikube status text
“MK_VIEW_EXEC” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to execute (i.e. fill in values for) a view template for displaying current config
“MK_VIEW_TMPL” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to create view template for displaying current config
“MK_YAML_MARSHAL” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube failed to marshal a YAML object
“MK_CREDENTIALS_NOT_FOUND” (Exit code ExProgramNotFound)
minikube could not locate credentials needed to utilize an appropriate service, e.g. GCP
“MK_CREDENTIALS_NOT_NEEDED” (Exit code ExProgramNotFound)
minikube was passed service credentials when they were not needed, such as when using the GCP Auth addon when running in GCE
“MK_SEMVER_PARSE” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube found an invalid semver string for kubernetes in the minikube constants
“MK_DAEMONIZE” (Exit code ExProgramError)
minikube was unable to daemonize the minikube process
“RSRC_INSUFFICIENT_CORES” (Exit code ExInsufficientCores)
insufficient cores available for use by minikube and kubernetes
“RSRC_DOCKER_CORES” (Exit code ExInsufficientCores)
insufficient cores available for use by Docker Desktop on Mac
“RSRC_DOCKER_CORES” (Exit code ExInsufficientCores)
insufficient cores available for use by Docker Desktop on Windows
“RSRC_INSUFFICIENT_REQ_MEMORY” (Exit code ExInsufficientMemory)
insufficient memory (less than the recommended minimum) allocated to minikube
“RSRC_INSUFFICIENT_SYS_MEMORY” (Exit code ExInsufficientMemory)
insufficient memory (less than the recommended minimum) available on the system running minikube
“RSRC_INSUFFICIENT_CONTAINER_MEMORY” (Exit code ExInsufficientMemory)
insufficient memory available for the driver in use by minikube
“RSRC_DOCKER_MEMORY” (Exit code ExInsufficientMemory)
insufficient memory available to Docker Desktop on Windows
“RSRC_DOCKER_MEMORY” (Exit code ExInsufficientMemory)
insufficient memory available to Docker Desktop on Mac
“RSRC_INVALID_HYPERV_MEMORY” (Exit code ExResourceError)
invalid memory value for Hyper-V
“RSRC_DOCKER_STORAGE” (Exit code ExInsufficientStorage)
insufficient disk storage available to the docker driver
“RSRC_PODMAN_STORAGE” (Exit code ExInsufficientStorage)
insufficient disk storage available to the podman driver
“RSRC_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE” (Exit code ExInsufficientStorage)
insufficient disk storage available for running minikube and kubernetes
“HOST_HOME_MKDIR” (Exit code ExHostPermission)
minikube could not create the minikube directory
“HOST_HOME_CHOWN” (Exit code ExHostPermission)
minikube could not change permissions for the minikube directory
“HOST_BROWSER” (Exit code ExHostError)
minikube failed to open the host browser, such as when running minikube dashboard
“HOST_CONFIG_LOAD” (Exit code ExHostConfig)
minikube failed to load cluster config from the host for the profile in use
“HOST_HOME_PERMISSION” (Exit code ExHostPermission)
the current user has insufficient permissions to create the minikube profile directory
“HOST_CURRENT_USER” (Exit code ExHostConfig)
minikube failed to determine current user
“HOST_DEL_CACHE” (Exit code ExHostError)
minikube failed to delete cached images from host
“HOST_KILL_MOUNT_PROC” (Exit code ExHostError)
minikube failed to kill a mount process
“HOST_KUBECONFIG_UPDATE” (Exit code ExHostConfig)
minikube failed to update host Kubernetes resources config
“HOST_KUBECONFIG_DELETE_CTX” (Exit code ExHostConfig)
minikube failed to delete Kubernetes config from context for a given profile
“HOST_KUBECTL_PROXY” (Exit code ExHostError)
minikube failed to launch a kubectl proxy
“HOST_MOUNT_PID” (Exit code ExHostError)
minikube failed to write mount pid
“HOST_PATH_MISSING” (Exit code ExHostNotFound)
minikube was passed a path to a host directory that does not exist
“HOST_PATH_STAT” (Exit code ExHostError)
minikube failed to access info for a directory path
“HOST_PURGE” (Exit code ExHostError)
minikube failed to purge minikube config directories
“HOST_SAVE_PROFILE” (Exit code ExHostConfig)
minikube failed to persist profile config
“HOST_UNSUPPORTED” (Exit code ExHostUnsupported)
Host doesn’t support 9p
“PROVIDER_NOT_FOUND” (Exit code ExProviderNotFound)
minikube could not find a provider for the selected driver
“PROVIDER_UNAVAILABLE” (Exit code ExProviderNotFound)
the host does not support or is improperly configured to support a provider for the selected driver
“DRV_CP_ENDPOINT” (Exit code ExDriverError)
minikube failed to access the driver control plane or API endpoint
“DRV_PORT_FORWARD” (Exit code ExDriverError)
minikube failed to bind container ports to host ports
“DRV_UNSUPPORTED” (Exit code ExDriverUnsupported)
the driver is currently not supported by minikube
“DRV_UNSUPPORTED_MULTINODE” (Exit code ExDriverConflict)
the driver in use does not support multi-node clusters
“DRV_UNSUPPORTED_OS” (Exit code ExDriverUnsupported)
the specified driver is not supported on the host OS
“DRV_UNSUPPORTED_PROFILE” (Exit code ExDriverUnsupported)
the driver in use does not support the selected profile or multiple profiles
“DRV_NOT_FOUND” (Exit code ExDriverNotFound)
minikube failed to locate specified driver
“DRV_NOT_DETECTED” (Exit code ExDriverNotFound)
minikube could not find a valid driver
“DRV_NOT_HEALTHY” (Exit code ExDriverNotFound)
minikube found drivers but none were ready to use
“DRV_DOCKER_NOT_RUNNING” (Exit code ExDriverNotFound)
minikube found the docker driver but the docker service was not running
“DRV_AS_ROOT” (Exit code ExDriverPermission)
the driver in use is being run as root
“DRV_NEEDS_ROOT” (Exit code ExDriverPermission)
the specified driver needs to be run as root
“GUEST_CACHE_LOAD” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to load cached images
“GUEST_CERT” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to setup certificates
“GUEST_CP_CONFIG” (Exit code ExGuestConfig)
minikube failed to access the control plane
“GUEST_DELETION” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to properly delete a resource, such as a profile
“GUEST_IMAGE_LIST” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to list images on the machine
“GUEST_IMAGE_LOAD” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to pull or load an image
“GUEST_IMAGE_REMOVE” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to remove an image
“GUEST_IMAGE_PULL” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to pull an image
“GUEST_IMAGE_BUILD” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to build an image
“GUEST_IMAGE_SAVE” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to push or save an image
“GUEST_IMAGE_PUSH” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to push an image
“GUEST_IMAGE_TAG” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to tag an image
“GUEST_LOAD_HOST” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to load host
“GUEST_MOUNT” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minkube failed to create a mount
“GUEST_MOUNT_COULD_NOT_CONNECT” (Exit code ExGuestError)
mount on guest was unable to connect to host mount server
“GUEST_MOUNT_CONFLICT” (Exit code ExGuestConflict)
minkube failed to update a mount
“GUEST_NODE_ADD” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to add a node to the cluster
“GUEST_NODE_DELETE” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to remove a node from the cluster
“GUEST_NODE_PROVISION” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to provision a node
“GUEST_NODE_RETRIEVE” (Exit code ExGuestNotFound)
minikube failed to retrieve information for a cluster node
“GUEST_NODE_START” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to startup a cluster node
“GUEST_PAUSE” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to pause the cluster process
“GUEST_PROFILE_DELETION” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to delete a machine profile directory
“GUEST_PROVISION” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed while attempting to provision the guest
“GUEST_PROVISION_CONTAINER_EXITED” (Exit code ExGuestError)
docker container exited prematurely during provisioning
“GUEST_START” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to start a node with current driver
“GUEST_STATUS” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to get docker machine status
“GUEST_STOP_TIMEOUT” (Exit code ExGuestTimeout)
stopping the cluster process timed out
“GUEST_UNPAUSE” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to unpause the cluster process
“GUEST_CHECK_PAUSED” (Exit code ExGuestError)
minikube failed to check if Kubernetes containers are paused
“GUEST_DRIVER_MISMATCH” (Exit code ExGuestConflict)
minikube cluster was created used a driver that is incompatible with the driver being requested
“GUEST_MISSING_CONNTRACK” (Exit code ExGuestUnsupported)
minikube could not find conntrack on the host, which is required from Kubernetes 1.18 onwards
“GUEST_MISSING_CRICTL” (Exit code ExGuestUnsupported)
minikube could not find crictl on the host, which is required from Kubernetes 1.24 onwards
“IF_HOST_IP” (Exit code ExLocalNetworkError)
minikube failed to get the host IP to use from within the VM
“IF_MOUNT_IP” (Exit code ExLocalNetworkError)
minikube failed to parse the input IP address for mount
“IF_MOUNT_PORT” (Exit code ExLocalNetworkError)
minikube failed to parse or find port for mount
“IF_SSH_CLIENT” (Exit code ExLocalNetworkError)
minikube failed to access an ssh client on the host machine
“IF_DEDICATED_NETWORK” (Exit code ExLocalNetworkError)
minikube failed to create a dedicated network
“IF_BOOTPD_FIREWALL” (Exit code ExLocalNetworkError)
minikube failed to populate dchpd_leases file due to bootpd being blocked by firewall
“INET_CACHE_BINARIES” (Exit code ExInternetError)
minikube failed to cache kubernetes binaries for the current runtime
“INET_CACHE_KUBECTL” (Exit code ExInternetError)
minikube failed to cache the kubectl binary
“INET_CACHE_TAR” (Exit code ExInternetError)
minikube failed to cache required images to tar files
“INET_LICENSES” (Exit code ExInternetError)
minikube failed to download licenses
“INET_REPO” (Exit code ExInternetError)
minikube was unable to access main repository and mirrors for images
“INET_REPOS_UNAVAILABLE” (Exit code ExInternetError)
minikube was unable to access any known image repositories
“INET_VERSION_UNAVAILABLE” (Exit code ExInternetUnavailable)
minikube was unable to fetch latest release/version info for minkikube
“INET_VERSION_EMPTY” (Exit code ExInternetConfig)
minikube received invalid empty data for latest release/version info from the server
“RUNTIME_ENABLE” (Exit code ExRuntimeError)
minikube failed to enable the current container runtime
“RUNTIME_CACHE” (Exit code ExRuntimeError)
minikube failed to cache images for the current container runtime
“SSH_AGENT_START” (Exit code ExRuntimeError)
minikube failed to start an ssh-agent when executing docker-env
“SVC_CHECK_TIMEOUT” (Exit code ExSvcTimeout)
service check timed out while starting minikube dashboard
“SVC_TIMEOUT” (Exit code ExSvcTimeout)
minikube was unable to access a service
“SVC_UNREACHABLE” (Exit code ExSvcNotFound)
minikube found that the service has no available pods
“SVC_LIST” (Exit code ExSvcError)
minikube failed to list services for the specified namespace
“SVC_TUNNEL_START” (Exit code ExSvcError)
minikube failed to start a tunnel
“SVC_TUNNEL_STOP” (Exit code ExSvcError)
minikube could not stop an active tunnel
“TUNNEL_ALREADY_RUNNING” (Exit code ExSvcConflict)
another instance of tunnel already running
“SVC_URL_TIMEOUT” (Exit code ExSvcTimeout)
minikube was unable to access the service url
“SVC_NOT_FOUND” (Exit code ExSvcNotFound)
minikube couldn’t find the specified service in the specified namespace
“ENV_DRIVER_CONFLICT” (Exit code ExDriverConflict)
user attempted to use a command that is not supported by the driver currently in use
“ENV_MULTINODE_CONFLICT” (Exit code ExGuestConflict)
user attempted to run a command that is not supported on multi-node setup without some additional configuration
“ENV_PODMAN_UNAVAILABLE” (Exit code ExRuntimeUnavailable)
the podman service was unavailable to the cluster
“SVC_ADDON_UNSUPPORTED” (Exit code ExSvcUnsupported)
user attempted to use an addon that is not supported
“SVC_ADDON_NOT_ENABLED” (Exit code ExProgramConflict)
user attempted to use an addon that is currently not enabled
“K8S_INSTALL_FAILED” (Exit code ExControlPlaneError)
minikube failed to update the Kubernetes cluster
“K8S_INSTALL_FAILED_CONTAINER_RUNTIME_NOT_RUNNING” (Exit code ExRuntimeNotRunning)
minikube failed to update the Kubernetes cluster because the container runtime was unavailable
“K8S_OLD_UNSUPPORTED” (Exit code ExControlPlaneUnsupported)
an outdated Kubernetes version was specified for minikube to use
“K8S_NEW_UNSUPPORTED” (Exit code ExControlPlaneUnsupported)
a too new Kubernetes version was specified for minikube to use
“K8S_FAIL_CONNECT” (Exit code ExInternetError)
error fetching GitHub Kubernetes version list
“K8S_DOWNGRADE_UNSUPPORTED” (Exit code ExControlPlaneUnsupported)
minikube was unable to safely downgrade installed Kubernetes version
“NOT_FOUND_CRI_DOCKERD” (Exit code ExProgramNotFound)
“NOT_FOUND_DOCKERD” (Exit code ExProgramNotFound)
“NOT_FOUND_CNI_PLUGINS” (Exit code ExProgramNotFound)
“NOT_FOUND_SOCKET_VMNET” (Exit code ExProgramNotFound)
Error Codes
Generic Errors
1: ExFailure
2: ExInterrupted
Error codes specific to the minikube program
10: ExProgramError
14: ExProgramUsage
11: ExProgramConflict
15: ExProgramNotFound
16: ExProgramUnsupported
18: ExProgramConfig
Error codes specific to resource limits (exit code layout follows no rules)
20: ExResourceError
23: ExInsufficientMemory
26: ExInsufficientStorage
27: ExInsufficientPermission
29: ExInsufficientCores
Error codes specific to the host
30: ExHostError
31: ExHostConflict
32: ExHostTimeout
34: ExHostUsage
35: ExHostNotFound
36: ExHostUnsupported
37: ExHostPermission
38: ExHostConfig
Error codes specific to remote networking
40: ExInternetError
41: ExInternetConflict
42: ExInternetTimeout
45: ExInternetNotFound
48: ExInternetConfig
49: ExInternetUnavailable
Error codes specific to the libmachine driver
50: ExDriverError
51: ExDriverConflict
52: ExDriverTimeout
54: ExDriverUsage
55: ExDriverNotFound
56: ExDriverUnsupported
57: ExDriverPermission
58: ExDriverConfig
59: ExDriverUnavailable
Error codes specific to the driver provider
60: ExProviderError
61: ExProviderConflict
62: ExProviderTimeout
63: ExProviderNotRunning
65: ExProviderNotFound
66: ExProviderUnsupported
67: ExProviderPermission
68: ExProviderConfig
69: ExProviderUnavailable
Error codes specific to local networking
70: ExLocalNetworkError
71: ExLocalNetworkConflict
72: ExLocalNetworkTimeout
75: ExLocalNetworkNotFound
77: ExLocalNetworkPermission
78: ExLocalNetworkConfig
79: ExLocalNetworkUnavailable
Error codes specific to the guest host
80: ExGuestError
81: ExGuestConflict
82: ExGuestTimeout
83: ExGuestNotRunning
85: ExGuestNotFound
86: ExGuestUnsupported
87: ExGuestPermission
88: ExGuestConfig
89: ExGuestUnavailable
Error codes specific to the container runtime
90: ExRuntimeError
93: ExRuntimeNotRunning
95: ExRuntimeNotFound
99: ExRuntimeUnavailable
Error codes specific to the Kubernetes control plane
100: ExControlPlaneError
101: ExControlPlaneConflict
102: ExControlPlaneTimeout
103: ExControlPlaneNotRunning
105: ExControlPlaneNotFound
106: ExControlPlaneUnsupported
108: ExControlPlaneConfig
109: ExControlPlaneUnavailable
Error codes specific to a Kubernetes service
110: ExSvcError
111: ExSvcConflict
112: ExSvcTimeout
113: ExSvcNotRunning
115: ExSvcNotFound
116: ExSvcUnsupported
117: ExSvcPermission
118: ExSvcConfig
119: ExSvcUnavailable
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