Merge pull request #8053 from medyagh/arm64_docker_solution

docker/podman solution message for non-amd64 archs

pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/docker/docker.go

@@ -71,6 +71,10 @@ func configure(cc config.ClusterConfig, n config.Node) (interface{}, error) {
 
 func status() registry.State {
 	docURL := "https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/docker/"
+	if runtime.GOARCH != "amd64" {
+		return registry.State{Error: fmt.Errorf("docker driver is not supported on %q systems yet", runtime.GOARCH), Installed: false, Healthy: false, Fix: "Try other drivers", Doc: docURL}
+	}
+
 	_, err := exec.LookPath(oci.Docker)
 	if err != nil {
 		return registry.State{Error: err, Installed: false, Healthy: false, Fix: "Install Docker", Doc: docURL}

pkg/minikube/registry/drvs/podman/podman.go

@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ func configure(cc config.ClusterConfig, n config.Node) (interface{}, error) {
 
 func status() registry.State {
 	docURL := "https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/drivers/podman/"
+	if runtime.GOARCH != "amd64" {
+		return registry.State{Error: fmt.Errorf("podman driver is not supported on %q systems yet", runtime.GOARCH), Installed: false, Healthy: false, Fix: "Try other drivers", Doc: docURL}
+	}
+
 	podman, err := exec.LookPath(oci.Podman)
 	if err != nil {
 		return registry.State{Error: err, Installed: false, Healthy: false, Fix: "Install Podman", Doc: docURL}

site/content/en/docs/drivers/docker.md

@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ The Docker driver allows you to install Kubernetes into an existing Docker insta
 
 ## Known Issues
 
+- Docker driver is not supported on non-amd64 architectures such as arm yet. For non-amd64 archs please use [other drivers]({{< ref "/docs/drivers/" >}} 
+
 - On macOS, containers might get hung and require a restart of Docker for Desktop. See [docker/for-mac#1835](https://github.com/docker/for-mac/issues/1835)
 
 - The `ingress`, `ingress-dns` and `registry` addons are currently only supported on Linux. See [#7332](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/7332) and [#7535](https://github.com/kubernetes/minikube/issues/7535)
@@ -28,6 +30,7 @@ The Docker driver allows you to install Kubernetes into an existing Docker insta
    `sudo mkdir /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd && sudo mount -t cgroup -o none,name=systemd cgroup /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd`.
 
 
+
 ## Troubleshooting
 
 [comment]: <> (this title is used in the docs links, don't change)

site/content/en/docs/drivers/includes/docker_usage.inc

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
-## Install Docker
+## Requirements
 
-- [Docker](https://hub.docker.com/search?q=&type=edition&offering=community&sort=updated_at&order=desc)
+- [Install Docker](https://hub.docker.com/search?q=&type=edition&offering=community&sort=updated_at&order=desc)
+- amd64 system.
 
 ## Usage
 
@@ -14,3 +15,4 @@ To make docker the default driver:
 ```shell
 minikube config set driver docker
 ```
+

site/content/en/docs/drivers/podman.md

@@ -11,7 +11,12 @@ aliases:
 This driver is experimental and in active development. Help wanted!
 {{% /pageinfo %}}
 
-The podman driver is another kubernetes in container driver for minikube. similar to [docker](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/Drivers/docker/) driver. The podman driver is  experimental, and only supported on Linux and macOS (with a remote podman server)
+The podman driver is another kubernetes in container driver for minikube. similar to [docker](https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/Drivers/docker/) driver. The podman driver is  experimental, and only supported on Linux and macOS (with a remote podman server).
+
+## Requirements
+
+- Install [Podman](https://podman.io/getting-started/installation) 
+- amd64 system 
 
 ## Try it with CRI-O container runtime.
 
@@ -20,3 +25,6 @@ minikube start --driver=podman --container-runtime=cri-o
 ```
 
 {{% readfile file="/docs/drivers/includes/podman_usage.inc" %}}
+
+## Known Issues
+- Podman driver is not supported on non-amd64 architectures such as arm yet. For non-amd64 archs please use [other drivers]({{< ref "/docs/drivers/" >}}