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launch failed: instance "microk8s-vm" already exists

See original GitHub issue

Originates from @bmbferreira on https://github.com/ubuntu/microk8s/issues/1287#issuecomment-642731101

> microk8s install
launch failed: The following errors occurred:
Instance stopped while starting
launch failed: instance "microk8s-vm" already exists


launch failed: instance "microk8s-vm" already exists


launch failed: instance "microk8s-vm" already exists


launch failed: instance "microk8s-vm" already exists


launch failed: instance "microk8s-vm" already exists


launch failed: instance "microk8s-vm" already exists


launch failed: instance "microk8s-vm" already exists


launch failed: instance "microk8s-vm" already exists


launch failed: instance "microk8s-vm" already exists


launch failed: instance "microk8s-vm" already exists


An error occurred with the instance when trying to launch with 'multipass': returned exit code 2.
Ensure that 'multipass' is setup correctly and try again

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Created 3 years ago
Comments:9 (3 by maintainers)

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slmingolcommented, Jun 24, 2020

I ran into a similar issue while I had a VPN connection running, after stopping it I was able to microk8s uninstall and microk8s install and things worked.

$ multipass list
Name                    State             IPv4             Image
microk8s-vm             Unknown           --               Ubuntu 18.04 LTS

Droppped VPN

$ microk8s uninstall
Thank you for using MicroK8s!

$ microk8s install
VM disk size requested exceeds free space on host.
Launched: microk8s-vm
Mount snap "core" (9289)                                                                                                                                                                      |2020-06-23T23:44:38-04:00 INFO Waiting for restart...
microk8s (latest/stable) v1.18.4 from Canonical✓ installed
MicroK8s is up and running. See the available commands with `microk8s --help`.

$ multipass exec microk8s-vm -- lsb_release -a
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID:	Ubuntu
Description:	Ubuntu 18.04.4 LTS
Release:	18.04
Codename:	bionic

$ microk8s status --wait-ready
microk8s is running
addons:
cilium: disabled
dashboard: disabled
dns: disabled
fluentd: disabled
gpu: disabled
helm: disabled
helm3: disabled
host-access: disabled
ingress: disabled
istio: disabled
jaeger: disabled
knative: disabled
kubeflow: disabled
linkerd: disabled
metallb: disabled
metrics-server: disabled
prometheus: disabled
rbac: disabled
registry: disabled
storage: disabled

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nc-ruthcommented, Nov 22, 2021

@slmingol same issue here, dropping the VPN connection did solve the issue. Thank you for the solution 😃