Add message to discourage the use of virtualbox driver

cmd/minikube/cmd/config/config.go

@@ -126,6 +126,10 @@ var settings = []Setting{
 		name: config.WantNoneDriverWarning,
 		set:  SetBool,
 	},
+	{
+		name: config.WantVirtualBoxDriverWarning,
+		set:  SetBool,
+	},
 	{
 		name: config.ProfileName,
 		set:  SetString,

cmd/minikube/cmd/root.go

@@ -305,6 +305,7 @@ func setupViper() {
 	viper.SetDefault(config.WantUpdateNotification, true)
 	viper.SetDefault(config.ReminderWaitPeriodInHours, 24)
 	viper.SetDefault(config.WantNoneDriverWarning, true)
+	viper.SetDefault(config.WantVirtualBoxDriverWarning, true)
 }
 
 func addToPath(dir string) {

pkg/minikube/config/config.go

@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ const (
 	ReminderWaitPeriodInHours = "ReminderWaitPeriodInHours"
 	// WantNoneDriverWarning is the key for WantNoneDriverWarning
 	WantNoneDriverWarning = "WantNoneDriverWarning"
+	// WantVirtualBoxDriverWarning is the key for WantVirtualBoxDriverWarning
+	WantVirtualBoxDriverWarning = "WantVirtualBoxDriverWarning"
 	// ProfileName represents the key for the global profile parameter
 	ProfileName = "profile"
 	// UserFlag is the key for the global user flag (ex. --user=user1)

pkg/minikube/node/start.go

@@ -191,6 +191,23 @@ func Start(starter Starter, apiServer bool) (*kubeconfig.Settings, error) {
 		go addons.Start(&wg, starter.Cfg, starter.ExistingAddons, addonList)
 	}
 
+	// discourage use of the virtualbox driver
+	if starter.Cfg.Driver == driver.VirtualBox && viper.GetBool(config.WantVirtualBoxDriverWarning) {
+		var altDriverList strings.Builder
+		for _, d := range driver.Choices(true) {
+			if d.Name != "virtualbox" {
+				altDriverList.WriteString(fmt.Sprintf("\t- %s\n", d.Name))
+			}
+		}
+
+		out.ErrT(style.Empty, "")
+		out.WarningT("The 'virtualbox' driver could be troublesome to work with, do not use if you aren't familiar with it")
+		out.ErrT(style.Tip, "You could instead use one of the drivers listed below:")
+		out.ErrT(style.Empty, altDriverList.String())
+		out.ErrT(style.Documentation, "For more information, see: https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/reference/drivers/virtualbox/")
+		out.ErrT(style.Empty, "")
+	}
+
 	if apiServer {
 		// special ops for none , like change minikube directory.
 		// multinode super doesn't work on the none driver

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

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Configurable fields:
  * WantBetaUpdateNotification
  * ReminderWaitPeriodInHours
  * WantNoneDriverWarning
+ * WantVirtualBoxDriverWarning
  * profile
  * bootstrapper
  * insecure-registry