minikube start error - Failed to validate 'docker' driver

Question

How to resolve the following error when I try to do minikube start

minikube v1.12.3 on Microsoft Windows 10 Home Single Language

Using the docker driver based on user configuration

! 'docker' driver reported an issue: "docker version --format {{.Server.Os}}-{{.Server.Version}}" exit status 1: error during connect: Get http://%2F%2F.%2Fpipe%2Fdocker_engine/v1.40/version: open //./pipe/docker_engine: The system cannot find the file specified. In the default daemon configuration on Windows, the docker client must be run elevated to connect. This error may also indicate that the docker daemon is not running.

Suggestion: Start the Docker service. If Docker is already running, you may need to reset Docker to factory settings with: Settings > Reset.

Documentation: https://github.com/docker/for-win/issues/1825#issuecomment-450501157

X Failed to validate 'docker' driver

Answer 1

Add your non-root user to the docker group and it will have the permission to the docker service. This fixed the issue for me. Hope it hepls you too.

Answer 2

Try logging in to docker. It solved the same problem I had