hyperkit

Overview

HyperKit is an open-source hypervisor for macOS hypervisor, optimized for lightweight virtual machines and container deployment.

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Special features

minikube start supports additional hyperkit specific flags:

• --hyperkit-vpnkit-sock: Location of the VPNKit socket used for networking. If empty, disables Hyperkit VPNKitSock, if 'auto' uses Docker for Mac VPNKit connection, otherwise uses the specified VSock
• --hyperkit-vsock-ports: List of guest VSock ports that should be exposed as sockets on the host
• --nfs-share: Local folders to share with Guest via NFS mounts
• --nfs-shares-root: Where to root the NFS Shares (default "/nfsshares")
• --uuid: Provide VM UUID to restore MAC address

Issues

Local DNS server conflict

If you are using dnsmasq and minikube fails, add listen-address=192.168.64.1 to dnsmasq.conf.

If you are running other DNS servers, shut them off or specify an alternative bind address.

Other

• Full list of open 'hyperkit' driver issues

Troubleshooting

Run with logs

Run minikube start --alsologtostderr -v=7 to debug crashes

Upgrade HyperKit

New updates to macOS often require an updated hyperkit driver. To upgrade:

• If Docker for Desktop is installed, click on icon in your menu bar and select Check for updates...
• If you have Brew Package Manager, run: brew upgrade hyperkit
• As a final alternative, you install the latest HyperKit from GitHub
• To check your current version, run: hyperkit -v
• If the version didn't change after upgrading verify the correct HyperKit is in the path. run: which hyperkit

Check driver version

Run docker-machine-driver-hyperkit version to make sure the version matches minikube