Merge pull request #8948 from kadern0/issue-8897

Added startHostTimeout flag

cmd/minikube/cmd/start_flags.go

@@ -114,7 +114,6 @@ func initMinikubeFlags() {
 	// e.g. iso-url => $ENVPREFIX_ISO_URL
 	viper.SetEnvKeyReplacer(strings.NewReplacer("-", "_"))
 	viper.AutomaticEnv()
-
 	startCmd.Flags().Bool(force, false, "Force minikube to perform possibly dangerous operations")
 	startCmd.Flags().Bool(interactive, true, "Allow user prompts for more information")
 	startCmd.Flags().Bool(dryRun, false, "dry-run mode. Validates configuration, but does not mutate system state")
@@ -137,7 +136,7 @@ func initMinikubeFlags() {
 	startCmd.Flags().Bool(enableDefaultCNI, false, "DEPRECATED: Replaced by --cni=bridge")
 	startCmd.Flags().String(cniFlag, "", "CNI plug-in to use. Valid options: auto, bridge, calico, cilium, flannel, kindnet, or path to a CNI manifest (default: auto)")
 	startCmd.Flags().StringSlice(waitComponents, kverify.DefaultWaitList, fmt.Sprintf("comma separated list of Kubernetes components to verify and wait for after starting a cluster. defaults to %q, available options: %q . other acceptable values are 'all' or 'none', 'true' and 'false'", strings.Join(kverify.DefaultWaitList, ","), strings.Join(kverify.AllComponentsList, ",")))
-	startCmd.Flags().Duration(waitTimeout, 6*time.Minute, "max time to wait per Kubernetes core services to be healthy.")
+	startCmd.Flags().Duration(waitTimeout, 6*time.Minute, "max time to wait per Kubernetes or host to be healthy.")
 	startCmd.Flags().Bool(nativeSSH, true, "Use native Golang SSH client (default true). Set to 'false' to use the command line 'ssh' command when accessing the docker machine. Useful for the machine drivers when they will not start with 'Waiting for SSH'.")
 	startCmd.Flags().Bool(autoUpdate, true, "If set, automatically updates drivers to the latest version. Defaults to true.")
 	startCmd.Flags().Bool(installAddons, true, "If set, install addons. Defaults to true.")
@@ -309,6 +308,7 @@ func generateClusterConfig(cmd *cobra.Command, existing *config.ClusterConfig, k
 			HostDNSResolver:         viper.GetBool(hostDNSResolver),
 			HostOnlyNicType:         viper.GetString(hostOnlyNicType),
 			NatNicType:              viper.GetString(natNicType),
+			StartHostTimeout:        viper.GetDuration(waitTimeout),
 			KubernetesConfig: config.KubernetesConfig{
 				KubernetesVersion:      k8sVersion,
 				ClusterName:            ClusterFlagValue(),

pkg/minikube/config/types.go

@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ package config
 
 import (
 	"net"
+	"time"
 
 	"github.com/blang/semver"
 )
@@ -68,6 +69,7 @@ type ClusterConfig struct {
 	Nodes                   []Node
 	Addons                  map[string]bool
 	VerifyComponents        map[string]bool // map of components to verify and wait for after start.
+	StartHostTimeout        time.Duration
 }
 
 // KubernetesConfig contains the parameters used to configure the VM Kubernetes.

pkg/minikube/machine/start.go

@@ -157,7 +157,10 @@ func createHost(api libmachine.API, cfg *config.ClusterConfig, n *config.Node) (
 	cstart := time.Now()
 	glog.Infof("libmachine.API.Create for %q (driver=%q)", cfg.Name, cfg.Driver)
 
-	if err := timedCreateHost(h, api, 4*time.Minute); err != nil {
+	if cfg.StartHostTimeout == 0 {
+		cfg.StartHostTimeout = 6 * time.Minute
+	}
+	if err := timedCreateHost(h, api, cfg.StartHostTimeout); err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.Wrap(err, "creating host")
 	}
 	glog.Infof("duration metric: libmachine.API.Create for %q took %s", cfg.Name, time.Since(cstart))

site/content/en/docs/commands/start.md

@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ minikube start [flags]
       --vm                                Filter to use only VM Drivers
       --vm-driver driver                  DEPRECATED, use driver instead.
       --wait strings                      comma separated list of Kubernetes components to verify and wait for after starting a cluster. defaults to "apiserver,system_pods", available options: "apiserver,system_pods,default_sa,apps_running,node_ready" . other acceptable values are 'all' or 'none', 'true' and 'false' (default [apiserver,system_pods])
-      --wait-timeout duration             max time to wait per Kubernetes core services to be healthy. (default 6m0s)
+      --wait-timeout duration             max time to wait per Kubernetes or host to be healthy. (default 6m0s)
 ```
 
 ### Options inherited from parent commands