Kubernetes - The connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?

Question

I just finished installing kubectl via Ubuntu 64 (Linux). I followed the online Kubernetes guide, but I\'ve had an error with the host. After the

Answer 1

This happens when Kubectl command cannot find the config file inside the user's .kube folder. Here are the steps that you will need for your user:

mkdir -p $HOME/.kube
sudo cp -i /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf $HOME/.kube/config
sudo chown $(id -u):$(id -g) $HOME/.kube/config

Or if you are the root user:

export KUBECONFIG=/etc/kubernetes/admin.conf

Answer 2

The reason behind that is kubectl version prints Client Version and Server Version (kubernetes version) both. When you just install kubectl it is just Kubernetes client. If you have kubernetes cluster installed, it will print both kubectl version and kubernetes version.

If you want to just want to print client version, then use following command:

kubectl version --client=true

The error meant kubectl tried to contact the kubernetes server to get its version but couldn't connect. Are you specifying the right host or port to connect to the kubernetes server.

The reason behind the error is you have not installed kubernetes cluster on you mac. You just installed kubectl which is just a client to access kubernetes cluster. Once you install the kubernetes cluster the output of kubectl version will be like:

[root@ip-10-0-1-138 centos]# kubectl version
Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"13", GitVersion:"v1.13.1", 
GitCommit:"eec55b9ba98609a46fee712359c7b5b365bdd920", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2018-12-13T10:39:04Z", GoVersion:"go1.11.2", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}
Server Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"10", GitVersion:"v1.10.3", GitCommit:"2bba0127d85d5a46ab4b778548be28623b32d0b0", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2018-05-21T09:05:37Z", GoVersion:"go1.9.3", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}

If you want to install the complete kubernetes cluster on mac, please try minikube to install cluster locally.