Minikube cannot start

[kivanc57]

What Happened?

This log happens whenever I try to start minikube

Attach the log file

🤦 Unable to restart control-plane node(s), will reset cluster:
▪ Generating certificates and keys ...
▪ Booting up control plane ...
▪ Configuring RBAC rules ...
🔗 Configuring bridge CNI (Container Networking Interface) ...
E0929 21:21:53.838575 23443 kubeadm.go:265] unable to create cluster role binding for primary control-plane node, some addons might not work: apply sa: sudo /var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.31.0/kubectl create clusterrolebinding minikube-rbac --clusterrole=cluster-admin --serviceaccount=kube-system:default --kubeconfig=/var/lib/minikube/kubeconfig: Process exited with status 1
stdout:

stderr:
error: failed to create clusterrolebinding: clusterrolebindings.rbac.authorization.k8s.io "minikube-rbac" already exists

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

Operating System

Ubuntu

Driver

VirtualBox

[kundan2707]

/kind support

[kundan2707]

delete existing minikube completely with command
minikube delete --all

[spowelljr]

Hi @kivanc57, it looks like your minikube cluster is malformed, as @kundan2707 recommended, try running minikube delete --all to delete all existing clusters, then try starting minikube again.

[kivanc57]

I do that and it works but the problem is it repeats itself quite often when I work with kubectl