title: The "minikube" cluster does not exist
body: <p>I am trying to install minikube following this:</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://learnk8s.io/blog/installing-docker-and-kubernetes-on-windows" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://learnk8s.io/blog/installing-docker-and-kubernetes-on-windows</a></p>
  
  <p>but getting error <code>The "minikube" cluster does not exist</code></p>
  
  <p>I have checked :</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Hyper-v is enabled on windows 10</li>
  <li>choco is working</li>
  <li>Docker Desktop with Kubernetes enabled is installed &amp; working</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>after installation step when I check status with <code>minikube status</code>, it shows :</p>
  
  <pre><code>E0305 15:06:44.703422    3524 status.go:98] The "minikube" cluster does not exist!
  host: Nonexistent
  kubelet: Nonexistent
  apiserver: Nonexistent
  kubeconfig: Nonexistent
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>In Hyper-V there is no VM named minikube.</p>
  
  <p>I have tried :</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li><p>deleting Minikube</p></li>
  <li><p>uninstalling &amp; reinstalling minikube</p></li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Still same error after fresh  start. Not able to find similar issue resolution in Google or SO.</p>
  
  <p>Any help is appreciated.</p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p><strong>UPDATE</strong></p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p>I have admin rights, powershell is opened as administrator.</p>
  
  <p>Following is log for <code>minikube start --vm-driver=hyperv --v=7 --alsologtostderr</code>:</p>
  
  <pre><code>minikube : I0306 12:26:47.386494   17704 notify.go:125] Checking for updates...
  At line:1 char:1
  + minikube start --vm-driver=hyperv --v=7 --alsologtostderr
  + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
      + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (I0306 12:26:47.... for updates...:String) [], RemoteException
      + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
  
  W0306 12:27:08.486738   17704 notify.go:56] Error getting json from minikube version url: error with http GET for endpoint https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases.json: 
  Get https://storage.googleapis.com/minikube/releases.json: dial tcp 216.58.203.112:443: connectex: A connection attempt failed because the connected party did not properly respond 
  after a period of time, or established connection failed because connected host has failed to respond.
  I0306 12:27:08.516653   17704 start.go:249] hostinfo: {"hostname":"WKWIN1995806","uptime":175720,"bootTime":1583293108,"procs":284,"os":"windows","platform":"Microsoft Windows 10 
  Enterprise","platformFamily":"Standalone Workstation","platformVersion":"10.0.17134 Build 
  17134","kernelVersion":"","virtualizationSystem":"","virtualizationRole":"","hostid":"b9795f0e-13f8-4cd0-ab90-d083cb8d93de"}
  W0306 12:27:08.516653   17704 start.go:257] gopshost.Virtualization returned error: not implemented yet
  ! minikube v1.7.3 on Microsoft Windows 10 Enterprise 10.0.17134 Build 17134
  I0306 12:27:08.517658   17704 driver.go:211] Setting default libvirt URI to qemu:///system
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Stuck at this for hours, tried two times.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Update2</strong></p>
  
  <hr>
  
  <p><code>minikube start --vm-driver=hyperv --force</code> was able to create VM in HyperV that was failing earlier getting error after that. <code>minikube status</code> shows error Error <code>host driver ip status: getting IP: IP not found</code>:
  <a href="https://i.stack.imgur.com/L8xib.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.stack.imgur.com/L8xib.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>