Redhat Codeready Container Failed to start (crc start error): .crcbundle not found - rhel8

Question

I am receiving the following error when executing 'crc start -p .\pull-secret.txt' command:
/home/admin/.crc/cache/crc_libvirt_4.9.0.crcbundle not found, please provide the path to a valid bundle using the -b option`
crc setup --log-level debug` Debug below:
INFO Checking if libvirt daemon is running
DEBU Checking if libvirtd service is running
DEBU Running 'systemctl status virtqemud.socket'
DEBU Command failed: exit status 3
DEBU stdout: * virtqemud.socket - Libvirt qemu local socket
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/virtqemud.socket; disabled; vendor preset: disabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
Listen: /run/libvirt/virtqemud-sock (Stream)
DEBU stderr:
DEBU virtqemud.socket is neither running nor listening
DEBU Running 'systemctl status libvirtd.socket'
DEBU libvirtd.socket is running
INFO Checking if systemd-networkd is running
DEBU Checking if systemd-networkd.service is running
DEBU Running 'systemctl status systemd-networkd.service'
DEBU Command failed: exit status 4
DEBU stdout:
DEBU stderr: Unit systemd-networkd.service could not be found.
DEBU systemd-networkd.service is not running
INFO Checking crc daemon systemd service
DEBU Checking crc daemon systemd service
DEBU Checking if crc-daemon.service is running
DEBU Running 'systemctl --user status crc-daemon.service'
DEBU Command failed: exit status 3
DEBU stdout: * crc-daemon.service - CodeReady Containers daemon
Loaded: loaded (/home/admin/.config/systemd/user/crc-daemon.service; static; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: inactive (dead)
DEBU stderr:
DEBU crc-daemon.service is neither running nor listening
DEBU Checking if crc-daemon.service has the expected content
INFO Checking if systemd-networkd is running
DEBU Checking if systemd-networkd.service is running
DEBU Running 'systemctl status systemd-networkd.service'
DEBU Command failed: exit status 4
DEBU stdout:
DEBU stderr: Unit systemd-networkd.service could not be found.
DEBU systemd-networkd.service is not running
I then ran the following commands:
sudo yan install qemu qemu-kvm libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system virtinst bridge-utils
Output:
>> Error: Unable to find a match: qemu libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system virtinst bridge-utils
>> [admin#localhost ~]$ systemctl status libvirtd.service
- Test systemctl
>> systemctl status libvirtd.service
crc setup output:
[admin#localhost ~]$ crc setup
INFO Checking if running as non-root
INFO Checking if running inside WSL2
.......... Details removed ..........
INFO Checking if CRC bundle is extracted in '$HOME/.crc'
Your system is correctly setup for using CodeReady Containers, you can now run 'crc start -b $bundlename' to start the OpenShift cluster
I cannot seem to find .crcbundle file despite setup completing successfully.
Nothing found under:
#This seems to be an issue as I cannot find '.crcbundle'
[admin#localhost ~]$ tree --noreport .crc
.crc
├── bin
│   ├── crc -> /home/admin/bin/crc
│   ├── crc-admin-helper-linux
│   └── crc-driver-libvirt
├── crc-http.sock
├── crc.json
└── crc.log
OS info:
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=8.5
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Red Hat Enterprise Linux"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION="8.5"
Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

To resolve the problem you should execute the next commands with root user:
yum install qemu-kvm libvirt libvirt-daemon-kvm
systemctl start libvirtd
systemctl enable libvirtd
systemctl start virtnetworkd
systemctl enable virtnetworkd
systemctl start virtstoraged
systemctl enable virtstoraged
Then you could execute with a non root user session the next commands:
crc setup
crc start -p pull-secret.txt