minikube: Error creating host:: sudo systemctl -f restart docker: Process exited with status 1

Environment:

Minikube version: minikube version: v0.22.1

• OS: Windows 10 64-bit (15063.540) with latest updates
• VM Driver: virtualbox
• ISO version: v0.23.3
• Install tools:
• Others:

What happened:

I ran minikube start and it produced a series of errors:

$ minikube start
Starting local Kubernetes v1.7.5 cluster...
Starting VM...
Downloading Minikube ISO
 106.36 MB / 106.36 MB [============================================] 100.00% 0s
E0912 11:51:06.694413   14284 start.go:143] Error starting host: Error creating host: Error executing step: Provisioning VM.
: Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
.

 Retrying.
E0912 11:51:06.698319   14284 start.go:149] Error starting host:  Error creating host: Error executing step: Provisioning VM.
: Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

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information to minikube to help prevent future errors?
To opt out of these messages, run the command:
        minikube config set WantReportErrorPrompt false
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Please enter your response [Y/n]:

I then ran minikube delete and minikube start again:

$ minikube delete
Deleting local Kubernetes cluster...
Machine deleted.
Error deleting machine profile config

$ minikube start
Starting local Kubernetes v1.7.5 cluster...
Starting VM...
E0912 12:23:24.297049   13440 start.go:143] Error starting host: Error creating host: Error executing step: Provisioning VM.
: Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
.

 Retrying.
E0912 12:23:24.305838   13440 start.go:149] Error starting host:  Error creating host: Error executing step: Provisioning VM.
: Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

Temporary Error: ssh command error:
command : sudo systemctl -f restart docker
err     : Process exited with status 1
output  : Job for docker.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status docker.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.

================================================================================
An error has occurred. Would you like to opt in to sending anonymized crash
information to minikube to help prevent future errors?
To opt out of these messages, run the command:
        minikube config set WantReportErrorPrompt false
================================================================================
Please enter your response [Y/n]:

What you expected to happen: Minikube should start a kubernetes cluster correctly

How to reproduce it (as minimally and precisely as possible): Run minikube start.

Output of minikube logs (if applicable):

$ minikube logs
F0912 12:25:08.382533   12512 logs.go:50] Error getting cluster bootstrapper: getting localkube bootstrapper: getting ssh client: Error dialing tcp via ssh client: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:22: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.

Anything else do we need to know: