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Start Minikube With Specific Driver

Use this command to start Minikube with the VirtualBox driver for local Kubernetes development.

$
Terminal
minikube start --driver <virtualbox>

When To Use

You need to start a local Kubernetes cluster using VirtualBox as the driver.

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minikube start --driver <virtualbox>

Terminal Output

Expected runtime feedback

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Output
😄  minikube v1.23.2 on Darwin 11.2.3
✨  Using the virtualbox driver based on user configuration
🔄  Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube
🏄  Minikube is running!

💾  To access the Kubernetes dashboard, run:
    minikube dashboard

Command Breakdown

What each part is doing

minikube
Base Command
The executable that performs this operation. Here it runs Minikube before the shell applies any redirect operators.
<virtualbox>
virtualbox
The value supplied for virtualbox.
--driver
Command Option
Tool-specific option used by this command invocation.

How To Run

Execution path

  1. Step 1

    Install VirtualBox if not already installed.

  2. Step 2

    Run the command: minikube start --driver=virtualbox.

  3. Step 3

    Verify Minikube is running with 'minikube status'.

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