minikube on podman fails to start

[wskb]

What Happened?

In summary v1.26.0 fails to start using this sequence:

minikube delete --all --purge
minikube config set driver podman
# docker or cri-o produces same result
minikube config set container-runtime docker
minikube start

In detail, here's the minikube start --alsologtostderr output

Attach the log file

minikube logs --file=log.txt doesn't produce anything:

>minikube logs --file=log.txt
E0630 18:00:47.045210   66528 logs.go:192] command /bin/bash -c "sudo /var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.24.1/kubectl 
describe nodes --kubeconfig=/var/lib/minikube/kubeconfig" failed with error: /bin/bash -c "sudo 
/var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.24.1/kubectl describe nodes --kubeconfig=/var/lib/minikube/kubeconfig": Process exited with 
status 1
stdout:

stderr:
The connection to the server localhost:8443 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?
output: "\n** stderr ** \nThe connection to the server localhost:8443 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?\n\n** /stderr **"

❗  unable to fetch logs for: describe nodes

Operating System

macOS (Default)

Driver

Podman

[alias-dev]

This looks similar to #14400, does this workaround work for you?

[RA489]

/kind support

[wskb]

I was able to work around this issue by recreating my podman machine.

[klaases]

Hi @wskb, thanks for following up and acknowledging the solution to the issue, thanks.