Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) Mac High Sierra 10.13

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I'm currently running vargant version 2.1.5 on my mac high sierra 10.13.6

So after completing the vagrant init and vagrant up command I'm suppose to have a fully running virtual machine in virtualbox. But after running vagrant up I get this instead.

There was an error while executing VBoxManage, a CLI used by Vagrant for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below.

Command: ["startvm", "3574f45d-aade-4053-af8b-0c88330e855f", "--type", "headless"]

Stderr: VBoxManage: error: The virtual machine 'saltstates_default_1539870640620_6152' has terminated unexpectedly during startup with exit code 1 (0x1) VBoxManage: error: Details: code NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005), component MachineWrap, interface IMachine

Any idea what this is about?

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asked on Stack Overflow Oct 18, 2018 by Jeff Sikala

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So if you have mac high sierra or higher, mac security and system preferences allow applications to make system changes with in a 30 mins of installation of the application. So I had to uninstall virtual box then reinstall it. Then I went to system preferences and allow kernel driver changes.

answered on Stack Overflow Nov 9, 2018 by Jeff Sikala
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It's not necessary to reinstall VirtualBox in order to resolve this problem. As described in the VirtualBox forum for macOS hosts, you can do the following instead:

  1. Restart your machine and enter Recovery Mode (Press and hold ⌘-R on reboot.)
  2. Open the Terminal.
  3. Type the following: spctl kext-consent add VB5E2TV963
  4. Press Enter.
  5. Restart your machine.
answered on Stack Overflow Feb 21, 2019 by chb

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