minikube podman start failues

[RebornNeji]

What Happened?

Working on trying to get a cluster up using minikube as docker is not something that is allowed by the company I work in. I am running on windows 11.

• podman is running rootless
• a podman machine has been setup and is currently running
• it has 10 cpus; 2 Gigs or memory and 100 GiB of diskspace
• the podman machine name is the defualt
• i have configured minikube to use the podman driver and to be rootless

When trying to start a cluster I see what i've attached in the logs

according to the above, it is not recognizing that podman is running. Not sure if there is a better interpretation of these logs than that but I would love to know if anyone knows the fix.

Attach the log file

C:\Users\MYUSERNAME>minikube start --alsologtostderr -v=7
I0122 15:44:01.295359   30004 out.go:345] Setting OutFile to fd 100 ...
I0122 15:44:01.307295   30004 out.go:392] TERM=,COLORTERM=, which probably does not support color
I0122 15:44:01.307295   30004 out.go:358] Setting ErrFile to fd 104...
I0122 15:44:01.307833   30004 out.go:392] TERM=,COLORTERM=, which probably does not support color
I0122 15:44:01.502390   30004 out.go:352] Setting JSON to false
I0122 15:44:01.520362   30004 start.go:129] hostinfo: {"hostname":"US00005YPNDS3","uptime":4362,"bootTime":1737574278,"procs":345,"os":"windows","platform":"Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise","platformFamily":"Standalone Workstation","platformVersion":"10.0.22631.4751 Build 22631.4751","kernelVersion":"10.0.22631.4751 Build 22631.4751","kernelArch":"x86_64","virtualizationSystem":"","virtualizationRole":"","hostId":"c6c8038a-f479-414c-b557-9ece43b99cdc"}
W0122 15:44:01.520535   30004 start.go:137] gopshost.Virtualization returned error: not implemented yet
I0122 15:44:01.526040   30004 out.go:177] * minikube v1.35.0 on Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise 10.0.22631.4751 Build 22631.4751
* minikube v1.35.0 on Microsoft Windows 11 Enterprise 10.0.22631.4751 Build 22631.4751
I0122 15:44:01.528831   30004 notify.go:220] Checking for updates...
I0122 15:44:01.529891   30004 out.go:177]   - MINIKUBE_ROOTLESS=true
  - MINIKUBE_ROOTLESS=true
I0122 15:44:01.544794   30004 driver.go:394] Setting default libvirt URI to qemu:///system
W0122 15:44:09.272485   30004 podman.go:138] podman returned error: exit status 1
I0122 15:44:09.274095   30004 out.go:177] * Using the podman (experimental) driver based on user configuration
* Using the podman (experimental) driver based on user configuration
I0122 15:44:09.277001   30004 start.go:297] selected driver: podman
I0122 15:44:09.282489   30004 start.go:901] validating driver "podman" against <nil>
I0122 15:44:09.287056   30004 start.go:912] status for podman: {Installed:true Healthy:false Running:false NeedsImprovement:false Error:exit status 1 Reason: Fix:Restart the Podman service Doc:https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/podman/ Version:}
I0122 15:44:09.289405   30004 out.go:201]

W0122 15:44:09.294693   30004 out.go:270] X Exiting due to PROVIDER_PODMAN_NOT_RUNNING: exit status 1
X Exiting due to PROVIDER_PODMAN_NOT_RUNNING: exit status 1
W0122 15:44:09.296330   30004 out.go:270] * Suggestion: Restart the Podman service
* Suggestion: Restart the Podman service
W0122 15:44:09.296948   30004 out.go:270] * Documentation: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/podman/
* Documentation: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/podman/
I0122 15:44:09.299799   30004 out.go:201]

Operating System

Windows

Driver

Podman