title: How do I run minikube from behind a VPN?
body: <p>I am no kind of networking genius, and I am a Kubernetes rookie.  (What could possibly go wrong?)</p>
  
  <p>At work, I am often behind a VPN.  I have found that <code>minikube</code> operations hang attempting to connect to my <code>minikube</code>-installed Kubernetes cluster (I'm using VirtualBox on a Mac).  When I disconnect from the VPN, everything works fine.</p>
  
  <p>I've tried invoking <code>minikube</code> using something like <code>env http_proxy=foo.bar.com https_proxy=foo.bar.com minikube whatever</code> while on the VPN, but this merely reports that the network is unreachable (hey, at least it's not a hang).</p>
  
  <p>This exhausts my staggering expertise in these two areas.  :-)</p>
  
  <p>Since it is merely an inconvenience, I find myself often disconnecting from and reconnecting to the VPN throughout the day, but I hate magic.  Why am I encountering this behavior, and what can I do to fix it?</p>