What Happened?

PS C:\WINDOWS\system32> minikube start

• minikube v1.25.2 on Microsoft Windows 11 Home 10.0.26100 Build 26100
• Using the docker driver based on existing profile
• Starting control plane node minikube in cluster minikube
• Pulling base image ...
• Updating the running docker "minikube" container ...
• Preparing Kubernetes v1.23.3 on Docker 20.10.12 ...
  • kubelet.housekeeping-interval=5m
  • Generating certificates and keys ...
    ! initialization failed, will try again: wait: /bin/bash -c "sudo env PATH="/var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.23.3:$PATH" kubeadm init --config /var/tmp/minikube/kubeadm.yaml --ignore-preflight-errors=DirAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests,DirAvailable--var-lib-minikube,DirAvailable--var-lib-minikube-etcd,FileAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests-kube-scheduler.yaml,FileAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests-kube-apiserver.yaml,FileAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests-kube-controller-manager.yaml,FileAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests-etcd.yaml,Port-10250,Swap,Mem,SystemVerification,FileContent--proc-sys-net-bridge-bridge-nf-call-iptables": Process exited with status 1
    stdout:
    [init] Using Kubernetes version: v1.23.3
    [preflight] Running pre-flight checks
    [preflight] Pulling images required for setting up a Kubernetes cluster
    [preflight] This might take a minute or two, depending on the speed of your internet connection
    [preflight] You can also perform this action in beforehand using 'kubeadm config images pull'
    [certs] Using certificateDir folder "/var/lib/minikube/certs"
    [certs] Using existing ca certificate authority
    [certs] Using existing apiserver certificate and key on disk

stderr:
[WARNING Swap]: swap is enabled; production deployments should disable swap unless testing the NodeSwap feature gate of the kubelet
[WARNING Service-Kubelet]: kubelet service is not enabled, please run 'systemctl enable kubelet.service'
W0529 00:47:03.916961 1855 certs.go:524] WARNING: could not validate bounds for certificate apiserver-kubelet-client: the certificate has expired: NotBefore: 2022-04-05 14:12:14 +0000 UTC, NotAfter: 2023-05-07 03:34:27 +0000 UTC
error execution phase certs/apiserver-kubelet-client: [certs] certificate apiserver-kubelet-client not signed by CA certificate ca: x509: certificate has expired or is not yet valid: current time 2025-05-29T00:47:03Z is after 2023-05-07T03:34:27Z
To see the stack trace of this error execute with --v=5 or higher

• Generating certificates and keys ...

X Error starting cluster: wait: /bin/bash -c "sudo env PATH="/var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.23.3:$PATH" kubeadm init --config /var/tmp/minikube/kubeadm.yaml --ignore-preflight-errors=DirAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests,DirAvailable--var-lib-minikube,DirAvailable--var-lib-minikube-etcd,FileAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests-kube-scheduler.yaml,FileAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests-kube-apiserver.yaml,FileAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests-kube-controller-manager.yaml,FileAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests-etcd.yaml,Port-10250,Swap,Mem,SystemVerification,FileContent--proc-sys-net-bridge-bridge-nf-call-iptables": Process exited with status 1
stdout:
[init] Using Kubernetes version: v1.23.3
[preflight] Running pre-flight checks
[preflight] Pulling images required for setting up a Kubernetes cluster
[preflight] This might take a minute or two, depending on the speed of your internet connection
[preflight] You can also perform this action in beforehand using 'kubeadm config images pull'
[certs] Using certificateDir folder "/var/lib/minikube/certs"
[certs] Using existing ca certificate authority
[certs] Using existing apiserver certificate and key on disk

stderr:
[WARNING Swap]: swap is enabled; production deployments should disable swap unless testing the NodeSwap feature gate of the kubelet
[WARNING Service-Kubelet]: kubelet service is not enabled, please run 'systemctl enable kubelet.service'
W0529 00:47:04.806680 2072 certs.go:524] WARNING: could not validate bounds for certificate apiserver-kubelet-client: the certificate has expired: NotBefore: 2022-04-05 14:12:14 +0000 UTC, NotAfter: 2023-05-07 03:34:27 +0000 UTC
error execution phase certs/apiserver-kubelet-client: [certs] certificate apiserver-kubelet-client not signed by CA certificate ca: x509: certificate has expired or is not yet valid: current time 2025-05-29T00:47:04Z is after 2023-05-07T03:34:27Z
To see the stack trace of this error execute with --v=5 or higher

╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ │
│ * If the above advice does not help, please let us know: │
│ https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/new/choose │
│ │
│ * Please run minikube logs --file=logs.txt and attach logs.txt to the GitHub issue. │
│ │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

X Exiting due to GUEST_START: wait: /bin/bash -c "sudo env PATH="/var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.23.3:$PATH" kubeadm init --config /var/tmp/minikube/kubeadm.yaml --ignore-preflight-errors=DirAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests,DirAvailable--var-lib-minikube,DirAvailable--var-lib-minikube-etcd,FileAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests-kube-scheduler.yaml,FileAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests-kube-apiserver.yaml,FileAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests-kube-controller-manager.yaml,FileAvailable--etc-kubernetes-manifests-etcd.yaml,Port-10250,Swap,Mem,SystemVerification,FileContent--proc-sys-net-bridge-bridge-nf-call-iptables": Process exited with status 1
stdout:
[init] Using Kubernetes version: v1.23.3
[preflight] Running pre-flight checks
[preflight] Pulling images required for setting up a Kubernetes cluster
[preflight] This might take a minute or two, depending on the speed of your internet connection
[preflight] You can also perform this action in beforehand using 'kubeadm config images pull'
[certs] Using certificateDir folder "/var/lib/minikube/certs"
[certs] Using existing ca certificate authority
[certs] Using existing apiserver certificate and key on disk

stderr:
[WARNING Swap]: swap is enabled; production deployments should disable swap unless testing the NodeSwap feature gate of the kubelet
[WARNING Service-Kubelet]: kubelet service is not enabled, please run 'systemctl enable kubelet.service'
W0529 00:47:04.806680 2072 certs.go:524] WARNING: could not validate bounds for certificate apiserver-kubelet-client: the certificate has expired: NotBefore: 2022-04-05 14:12:14 +0000 UTC, NotAfter: 2023-05-07 03:34:27 +0000 UTC
error execution phase certs/apiserver-kubelet-client: [certs] certificate apiserver-kubelet-client not signed by CA certificate ca: x509: certificate has expired or is not yet valid: current time 2025-05-29T00:47:04Z is after 2023-05-07T03:34:27Z
To see the stack trace of this error execute with --v=5 or higher

╭─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╮
│ │
│ * If the above advice does not help, please let us know: │
│ https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/new/choose │
│ │
│ * Please run minikube logs --file=logs.txt and attach logs.txt to the GitHub issue. │
│ │
╰─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╯

Attach the log file

$ minikube logs --file=log.txt
E0528 20:50:02.451494 27164 logs.go:192] command /bin/bash -c "sudo /var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.23.3/kubectl describe nodes --kubeconfig=/var/lib/minikube/kubeconfig" failed with error: /bin/bash -c "sudo /var/lib/minikube/binaries/v1.23.3/kubectl describe nodes --kubeconfig=/var/lib/minikube/kubeconfig": Process exited with status 1
stdout:

stderr:
The connection to the server localhost:8443 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?
output: "\n** stderr ** \nThe connection to the server localhost:8443 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?\n\n** /stderr **"

! unable to fetch logs for: describe nodes

Operating System

Windows

Driver

Docker