# "Error setting up host only network on machine start."

**URL:** <https://community.localwp.com/t/error-setting-up-host-only-network-on-machine-start/10745>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [January 28, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-setting-up-host-only-network-on-machine-start/10745 "2019-01-28T21:34:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![quizzical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quizzical](https://community.localwp.com/u/quizzical)\
**Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-setting-up-host-only-network-on-machine-start/10745/1 "2019-01-28T21:34:42Z")

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Hi Support:

In a support chat moments ago, I was instructed to provide a log. I provided one in the original post below. But I will provide a new one immediately below now. This second log is taken at the time of a fresh installation of both the local app and the VirtualBox.

[Just to be clear, I have used LBFW successfully from November through Friday January 25th. I have not been able to launch the local app since Monday January 28th.]

Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-0-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-0-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-1-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-1-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-2-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-2-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-3-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-3-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-3-1\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-3-1\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-0-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-0-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-1-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-1-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-2-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-2-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-1\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-1\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-2\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-2\out\environment.js  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [main/check-system] Check System: Docker Machine:  
{ stdout: ‘’,  
stderr:  
‘error getting state for host local-by-flywheel: machine does not exist\n’ }  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:10 PM EST - info: [renderer/CheckEnvPage] Check system promise response:  
[undefined, ‘machine-does-not-exist’]  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:11 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] Starting Docker Machine Creation…  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:11 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] Attempting to delete existing Local host machine.  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:11 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] Using IP: 192.168.95.1/24  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:11 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] Removing existing Docker Machine  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:11 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] null ‘About to remove local-by-flywheel\nWARNING: This action will delete both local reference and remote instance.\n’ ‘Error removing host “local-by-flywheel”: Docker machine “local-by-flywheel” does not exist. Use “docker-machine ls” to list machines. Use “docker-machine create” to add a new one.\nCan’t remove “local-by-flywheel”\n’  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:11 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] Creating Docker Machine…  
[ ‘create’,  
‘–driver=virtualbox’,  
‘–virtualbox-host-dns-resolver’,  
‘–virtualbox-hostonly-cidr’,  
‘192.168.95.1/24’,  
‘–virtualbox-boot2docker-url=file://C:/Users/William/AppData/Local/Programs/local-by-flywheel/resources/extraResources/virtual-machine/vendor/docker/boot2docker.iso’,  
‘–virtualbox-disk-size’,  
‘120000’,  
‘local-by-flywheel’ ]  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:11 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] Running pre-create checks…  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:11 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] Creating machine…  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:11 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Downloading C:\Users\William.docker\machine\cache\boot2docker.iso from file://C:/Users/William/AppData/Local/Programs/local-by-flywheel/resources/extraResources/virtual-machine/vendor/docker/boot2docker.iso…  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:11 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Creating VirtualBox VM…  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:11 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Creating SSH key…  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Starting the VM…  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Check network to re-create if needed…  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Windows might ask for the permission to create a network adapter. Sometimes, such confirmation window is minimized in the taskbar.  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:13 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Creating a new host-only adapter produced an error: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe hostonlyif create failed:  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:13 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) 0%…  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:13 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Progress state: E\_FAIL  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:13 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) VBoxManage.exe: error: Failed to create the host-only adapter  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:13 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) VBoxManage.exe: error: SetupDiCallClassInstaller (DIF\_INSTALLDEVICE) failed (0x00000002)  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:13 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E\_FAIL (0x80004005), component HostNetworkInterfaceWrap, interface IHostNetworkInterface  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:13 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) VBoxManage.exe: error: Context: “enum RTEXITCODE \_\_cdecl handleCreate(struct HandlerArg \*)” at line 94 of file VBoxManageHostonly.cpp  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:13 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel)  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:13 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) This is a known VirtualBox bug. Let’s try to recover anyway…  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:13 PM EST - error: [main/docker-create-machine] Error creating machine: Error in driver during machine creation: Error setting up host only network on machine start: The host-only adapter we just created is not visible. This is a well known VirtualBox bug. You might want to uninstall it and reinstall at least version 5.0.12 that is is supposed to fix this issue  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:14 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] You can further specify your shell with either ‘cmd’ or ‘powershell’ with the --shell flag.  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:14 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine]  
Jan 30, 2019, 3:14 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] Unable to create Docker Machine.

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This, below, is the original post with the original log.

Hi Support:

I have been using local successfully for a couple of months. Thank you for it. However, today I am locked out.

Receiving this error:  
“Error setting up host only network on machine start. The host-only adapter we just created is not visible. This is a well known VirtualBox bug. You might want to uninstall it and reinstall at least version 5.0.12 that is supposed to fix this issue.”

I have updated FlyWheel to 3.0.4, and have reinstalled VirtualBox v 6.0.4. Ihave tried installing Virtual box via FlyWheel and with a manual installation. I keep getting the same error.

(Pasting the log below)

Any suggestions for me?

Thank you.

Jan 28, 2019, 4:09 PM EST - info: [main/index] Shutting Down VM  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-0-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-0-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-1-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-1-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-2-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-2-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-3-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-3-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-3-1\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-3-1\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-0-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-0-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-1-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-1-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-2-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-2-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-1\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-1\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-2\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-2\out\environment.js  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/check-system] Check System: Docker Machine:  
{ stdout: ‘Stopped\n’, stderr: ‘’ }  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [renderer/CheckEnvPage] Check system promise response:  
[undefined, ‘machine-halted’]  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-machine] Checking Boot2Docker.iso hash  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-machine] Running C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\virtual-machine\vendor\docker\windows\docker-machine.exe start local-by-flywheel  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-machine] Starting “local-by-flywheel”…  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Check network to re-create if needed…  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Windows might ask for the permission to create a network adapter. Sometimes, such confirmation window is minimized in the taskbar.  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Creating a new host-only adapter produced an error: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe hostonlyif create failed:  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-machine] (local-by-flywheel) 0%…  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Progress state: E\_FAIL  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-machine] (local-by-flywheel) VBoxManage.exe: error: Failed to create the host-only adapter  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-machine] (local-by-flywheel) VBoxManage.exe: error: SetupDiCallClassInstaller (DIF\_INSTALLDEVICE) failed (0x00000002)  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-machine] (local-by-flywheel) VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E\_FAIL (0x80004005), component HostNetworkInterfaceWrap, interface IHostNetworkInterface  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-machine] (local-by-flywheel) VBoxManage.exe: error: Context: “enum RTEXITCODE \_\_cdecl handleCreate(struct HandlerArg \*)” at line 94 of file VBoxManageHostonly.cpp  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-machine] (local-by-flywheel)  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - info: [main/docker-machine] (local-by-flywheel) This is a known VirtualBox bug. Let’s try to recover anyway…  
Jan 28, 2019, 4:12 PM EST - warn: [main/docker-machine] Error setting up host only network on machine start: The host-only adapter we just created is not visible. This is a well known VirtualBox bug. You might want to uninstall it and reinstall at least version 5.0.12 that is is supposed to fix this issue

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**Author:** ![flycrum](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/flycrum/32/5862_2.png) [@flycrum](https://community.localwp.com/u/flycrum)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-setting-up-host-only-network-on-machine-start/10745/2 "2019-01-30T23:06:36Z")

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Hey @quizzical, so sorry for the error. We’re going to do whatever we can to get you back up and running. You mentioned manually installing VirtualBox. Did you happen to follow it up with the below step?

> After installing VirtualBox, delete/remove the `local-by-flywheel` VM in VirtualBox and re-open Local.

Hopefully that resolves your problem. If not, we’ll continue our search for a solution. Also, I noticed that you posted a question [here](https://local.getflywheel.com/community/t/help-to-uninstall-and-reinstall-local-retain-existing-local-sites/10768) and I’ll respond to that as well.

Thanks

Chris

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**Author:** ![quizzical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/48db29/32.png) [@quizzical](https://community.localwp.com/u/quizzical)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2019, 8:35pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-setting-up-host-only-network-on-machine-start/10745/3 "2019-01-31T20:35:31Z")

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Hi Flycrum:

Thank you for giving your attention to my problem! Greatly appreciated.

I had done the step you suggested but did it again without success now. (With both Local and VirtualBox installed I removed/deleted all files for the Local machine from VirtualBox. I then launched Local which had to reinstall the Local Machine. In the process of installing the host machine I received the same error message as previously provided.)

I have pasted the log below.

Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-0-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-0-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-1-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-1-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-2-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-2-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-3-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-3-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-3-1\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\custom-1-3-1\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-0-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-0-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-1-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-1-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-2-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-2-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-0\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-1\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-1\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Loading Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-2\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/EnvironmentLoader] Successfully Loaded Environment: C:\Users\William\AppData\Local\Programs\local-by-flywheel\resources\extraResources\environments\flywheel-1-3-2\out\environment.js  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/check-system] Check System: Docker Machine:  
{ stdout: ‘’,  
stderr:  
‘error getting state for host local-by-flywheel: machine does not exist\n’ }  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [renderer/CheckEnvPage] Check system promise response:  
[undefined, ‘machine-does-not-exist’]  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] Starting Docker Machine Creation…  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] Attempting to delete existing Local host machine.  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] Using IP: 192.168.95.1/24  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] Removing existing Docker Machine  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] null ‘About to remove local-by-flywheel\nWARNING: This action will delete both local reference and remote instance.\n’ ‘Error removing host “local-by-flywheel”: Docker machine “local-by-flywheel” does not exist. Use “docker-machine ls” to list machines. Use “docker-machine create” to add a new one.\nCan’t remove “local-by-flywheel”\n’  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] Creating Docker Machine…  
[ ‘create’,  
‘–driver=virtualbox’,  
‘–virtualbox-host-dns-resolver’,  
‘–virtualbox-hostonly-cidr’,  
‘192.168.95.1/24’,  
‘–virtualbox-boot2docker-url=file://C:/Users/William/AppData/Local/Programs/local-by-flywheel/resources/extraResources/virtual-machine/vendor/docker/boot2docker.iso’,  
‘–virtualbox-disk-size’,  
‘120000’,  
‘local-by-flywheel’ ]  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] Running pre-create checks…  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] Creating machine…  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Downloading C:\Users\William.docker\machine\cache\boot2docker.iso from file://C:/Users/William/AppData/Local/Programs/local-by-flywheel/resources/extraResources/virtual-machine/vendor/docker/boot2docker.iso…  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Creating VirtualBox VM…  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:26 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Creating SSH key…  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:28 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Starting the VM…  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:28 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Check network to re-create if needed…  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:28 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Windows might ask for the permission to create a network adapter. Sometimes, such confirmation window is minimized in the taskbar.  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:28 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Creating a new host-only adapter produced an error: C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxManage.exe hostonlyif create failed:  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:28 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) 0%…  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:28 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) Progress state: E\_FAIL  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:28 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) VBoxManage.exe: error: Failed to create the host-only adapter  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:28 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) VBoxManage.exe: error: SetupDiCallClassInstaller (DIF\_INSTALLDEVICE) failed (0x00000002)  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:28 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) VBoxManage.exe: error: Details: code E\_FAIL (0x80004005), component HostNetworkInterfaceWrap, interface IHostNetworkInterface  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:28 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) VBoxManage.exe: error: Context: “enum RTEXITCODE \_\_cdecl handleCreate(struct HandlerArg \*)” at line 94 of file VBoxManageHostonly.cpp  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:28 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel)  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:28 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] (local-by-flywheel) This is a known VirtualBox bug. Let’s try to recover anyway…  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:28 PM EST - error: [main/docker-create-machine] Error creating machine: Error in driver during machine creation: Error setting up host only network on machine start: The host-only adapter we just created is not visible. This is a well known VirtualBox bug. You might want to uninstall it and reinstall at least version 5.0.12 that is is supposed to fix this issue  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:28 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] You can further specify your shell with either ‘cmd’ or ‘powershell’ with the --shell flag.  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:28 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine]  
Jan 31, 2019, 3:28 PM EST - info: [main/docker-create-machine] Unable to create Docker Machine.

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**Author:** ![system](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.localwp.com/system/32/1_2.png) [@system](https://community.localwp.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 2020, 6:36pm UTC](https://community.localwp.com/t/error-setting-up-host-only-network-on-machine-start/10745/4 "2020-08-25T18:36:19Z")

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Closed on August 25, 2020, 6:36pm UTC


