k3s: The connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?
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When I run any
kubectl
commands, I'm gettingThe connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?
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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