k3s: The connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?



  • When I run any kubectl commands, I'm getting

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



  • This problem is likely caused by a bad ~/.kube/config perhaps you have a file from a different kubernetes install (minikube) or an older k3s. If the server is local you can fix this by running these commands,

    mkdir ~/.kube
    sudo k3s kubectl config view --raw | tee ~/.kube/config
    chmod 600 ~/.kube/config
    

    The contents of ~/.kube/config need to have the same information as /etc/rancher/k3s/k3s.yaml when the server was started (the keys, ip, and ports).


    Note in order to tell k3s to use this config file https://devops.stackexchange.com/a/16044/18965 .

    export KUBECONFIG=~/.kube/config
    

    You should persist this by having it set in ~/.profile or ~/.bashrc



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