<p>related:</p>
<p><a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/60539940/the-minikube-cluster-does-not-exist">The &quot;minikube&quot; cluster does not exist</a>
<a href="https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/14089" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/14089</a></p>
<p>In</p>
<p><a href="https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/tutorials/multi_node/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/tutorials/multi_node/</a></p>
<p>creating a cluster with multiple nodes:</p>
<pre><code>minikube start --nodes 3 -p multinode-demo|
</code></pre>
<p>produces on my machine:</p>
<pre><code>$ minikube delete &amp;&amp; minikube start --nodes 3 -p multinode-demo
* Deleting &quot;minikube&quot; in docker ...
* Deleting container &quot;minikube&quot; ...
* Removing C:\Users\msebi\.minikube\machines\minikube ...
* Removed all traces of the &quot;minikube&quot; cluster.
* [multinode-demo] minikube v1.25.2 on Microsoft Windows 10 Home 10.0.19044 Build 19044
* Automatically selected the docker driver. Other choices: hyperv, virtualbox, ssh
* Starting control plane node multinode-demo in cluster multinode-demo
* Pulling base image ...
* Creating docker container (CPUs=2, Memory=2200MB) ...
* Preparing Kubernetes v1.23.3 on Docker 20.10.12 ...
  - kubelet.housekeeping-interval=5m
  - kubelet.cni-conf-dir=/etc/cni/net.mk
  - Generating certificates and keys ...
  - Booting up control plane ...
  - Configuring RBAC rules ...
* Configuring CNI (Container Networking Interface) ...
* Verifying Kubernetes components...
  - Using image gcr.io/k8s-minikube/storage-provisioner:v5
* Enabled addons: storage-provisioner, default-storageclass

* Starting worker node multinode-demo-m02 in cluster multinode-demo
* Pulling base image ...
* Creating docker container (CPUs=2, Memory=2200MB) ...
* Found network options:
  - NO_PROXY=192.168.49.2
  - no_proxy=192.168.49.2
* Preparing Kubernetes v1.23.3 on Docker 20.10.12 ...
  - env NO_PROXY=192.168.49.2
* Verifying Kubernetes components...

* Starting worker node multinode-demo-m03 in cluster multinode-demo
* Pulling base image ...
* Creating docker container (CPUs=2, Memory=2200MB) ...
* Found network options:
  - NO_PROXY=192.168.49.2,192.168.49.3
  - no_proxy=192.168.49.2,192.168.49.3
* Preparing Kubernetes v1.23.3 on Docker 20.10.12 ...
  - env NO_PROXY=192.168.49.2
  - env NO_PROXY=192.168.49.2,192.168.49.3
* Verifying Kubernetes components...
* Done! kubectl is now configured to use &quot;multinode-demo&quot; cluster and &quot;default&quot; namespace by default
</code></pre>
<p>but when trying to get nodes:</p>
<pre><code>$ kubectl get nodes
error: no server found for cluster &quot;minikube&quot;
</code></pre>
<p>Version:</p>
<pre><code>$ kubectl version
Client Version: version.Info{Major:&quot;1&quot;, Minor:&quot;23&quot;, GitVersion:&quot;v1.23.3&quot;, GitCommit:&quot;816c97ab8cff8a1c72eccca1026f7820e93e0d25&quot;, Git
TreeState:&quot;clean&quot;, BuildDate:&quot;2022-01-25T21:25:17Z&quot;, GoVersion:&quot;go1.17.6&quot;, Compiler:&quot;gc&quot;, Platform:&quot;windows/amd64&quot;}
Server Version: version.Info{Major:&quot;1&quot;, Minor:&quot;23&quot;, GitVersion:&quot;v1.23.3&quot;, GitCommit:&quot;816c97ab8cff8a1c72eccca1026f7820e93e0d25&quot;, Git
TreeState:&quot;clean&quot;, BuildDate:&quot;2022-01-25T21:19:12Z&quot;, GoVersion:&quot;go1.17.6&quot;, Compiler:&quot;gc&quot;, Platform:&quot;linux/amd64&quot;}
</code></pre>
<p>Status seems to work:</p>
<p>$ minikube status -p multinode-demo
multinode-demo
type: Control Plane
host: Running
kubelet: Running
apiserver: Running
kubeconfig: Configured</p>
<p>multinode-demo-m02
type: Worker
host: Running
kubelet: Running</p>
<p>multinode-demo-m03
type: Worker
host: Running
kubelet: Running</p>
<p>Status seems to work:</p>
<pre><code>$ minikube status -p multinode-demo
multinode-demo
type: Control Plane
host: Running
kubelet: Running
apiserver: Running
kubeconfig: Configured

multinode-demo-m02
type: Worker
host: Running
kubelet: Running

multinode-demo-m03
type: Worker
host: Running
kubelet: Running
</code></pre>
<p>Profile listing:</p>
<pre><code>$ minikube profile list
|----------------|-----------|---------|--------------|------|---------|---------|-------|
|    Profile     | VM Driver | Runtime |      IP      | Port | Version | Status  | Nodes |
|----------------|-----------|---------|--------------|------|---------|---------|-------|
| multinode-demo | docker    | docker  | 192.168.49.2 | 8443 | v1.23.3 | Running |     3 |
|----------------|-----------|---------|--------------|------|---------|---------|-------|
</code></pre>
<p>Why isn't the cluster created?</p>

Sebi
<p>You need to set the default profile in order for commands to work with your renamed minikube cluster:</p>
<pre><code>minikube profile multinode-demo
</code></pre>
