title: Several problems setting up Minikube on macOS
body: <p>I have had several issues that are preventing me from using minikube on macOS. I'm new to Kubernetes and just following the <a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/tutorials/hello-minikube/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Hello Minikube</a> tutorial on the Kubernetes site.</p>
  
  <p>Here are the steps I took, along with errors for each one as applicable:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Before I started this project, I installed Docker for Mac and VirtualBox because I was following the Docker tutorials.</li>
  <li>Then I decided to install minikube, so I did it with <code>brew cask install minikube</code>. It installed properly, although I noticed that it couldn't install <code>kubectl</code> because I already had a copy (maybe from Docker for Mac?). I wasn't too happy about that because it was an earlier version, but I proceeded.</li>
  <li>Then I ran <code>minikube start</code> and it was OK.</li>
  <li>Then I ran <code>minikube dashboard</code> and I got a bunch of errors like "Temporary Error: unexpected response code: 503" so I couldn't launch the dashboard.</li>
  <li>That led me to this StackOverflow question (<a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/52916548/minikube-dashboard-returns-503-error-on-macos">minikube dashboard returns 503 error on macOS</a>). Deleting my minikube configuration didn't work (I got the same errors), so I decided to try the other idea (removing VirtualBox and installing hyperkit instead: <code>brew install docker-machine-driver-hyperkit</code>). (I ran into another issue w/ overlapping binaries when I did that: it was unable to overwrite Docker for Mac's <code>docker-machine</code> with my new one, but I ignored it).</li>
  <li>Unfortunately that solution also does not work. I have been trying to start it with <code>minikube start --vm-driver=hyperkit</code>. The first time I tried that, I got a bunch of errors saying "Temporary Error: open /var/db/dhcpd_leases: no such file or directory." Then I ran <code>minikube delete</code> and tried again, and got a bunch of different errors saying "Temporary Error: Could not find an IP address for ee:f3:b0:c8:6f:10"</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>At this point I'm out of ideas and I don't want to make things even worse. Any idea how to proceed? I don't really care what hypervisor I use, I just want the simplest and most straightforward setup whatever that is (ideally such that I can continue to use both Docker and minikube on my Mac).</p>
  
  <p>This is on macOS Mojave 10.14.3. Minikube version is 0.35.0. kubectl version is 1.10.11. I can't get the Kubernetes version because kubectl can't currently connect to minikube since minikube can't start.</p>