# API Server looping fail to start

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/api-server-looping-fail-to-start/13376>\
**Category:** microk8s\
**Created:** [October 20, 2020, 4:13pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/api-server-looping-fail-to-start/13376 "2020-10-20T16:13:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![kjackal](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discuss.kubernetes.io/kjackal/32/1750_2.png) [@kjackal](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/kjackal)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2020, 2:05pm UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/api-server-looping-fail-to-start/13376/2 "2020-10-21T14:05:41Z")

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There is this [post](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/recovery-of-ha-microk8s-clusters/12931) on recovering failing nodes.

Alternatively you can try to `microk8s.remove-node --force` the failing node and add a new one.

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