# Failed connection to EKS through kubectl

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/failed-connection-to-eks-through-kubectl/26909>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [January 31, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/failed-connection-to-eks-through-kubectl/26909 "2024-01-31T10:21:19Z")\
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**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 10:21am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/failed-connection-to-eks-through-kubectl/26909/1 "2024-01-31T10:21:19Z")

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E0131 11:12:11.761598 61 memcache.go:265] couldn’t get current server API group list: Get “[https://9BCA3027E7CEE44ECCC50695CF060814.sk1.eu-west-3.eks.amazonaws.com/api?timeout=32s](https://9BCA3027E7CEE44ECCC50695CF060814.sk1.eu-west-3.eks.amazonaws.com/api?timeout=32s)”: dial tcp 10.0.2.37:443: i/o timeout  
E0131 11:12:41.763732 61 memcache.go:265] couldn’t get current server API group list: Get “[https://9BCA3027E7CEE44ECCC50695CF060814.sk1.eu-west-3.eks.amazonaws.com/api?timeout=32s](https://9BCA3027E7CEE44ECCC50695CF060814.sk1.eu-west-3.eks.amazonaws.com/api?timeout=32s)”: dial tcp 10.0.2.37:443: i/o timeout  
E0131 11:13:11.766530 61 memcache.go:265] couldn’t get current server API group list: Get “[https://9BCA3027E7CEE44ECCC50695CF060814.sk1.eu-west-3.eks.amazonaws.com/api?timeout=32s](https://9BCA3027E7CEE44ECCC50695CF060814.sk1.eu-west-3.eks.amazonaws.com/api?timeout=32s)”: dial tcp 10.0.2.37:443: i/o timeout  
E0131 11:13:41.772183 61 memcache.go:265] couldn’t get current server API group list: Get “[https://9BCA3027E7CEE44ECCC50695CF060814.sk1.eu-west-3.eks.amazonaws.com/api?timeout=32s](https://9BCA3027E7CEE44ECCC50695CF060814.sk1.eu-west-3.eks.amazonaws.com/api?timeout=32s)”: dial tcp 10.0.2.37:443: i/o timeout  
E0131 11:14:11.774315 61 memcache.go:265] couldn’t get current server API group list: Get “[https://9BCA3027E7CEE44ECCC50695CF060814.sk1.eu-west-3.eks.amazonaws.com/api?timeout=32s](https://9BCA3027E7CEE44ECCC50695CF060814.sk1.eu-west-3.eks.amazonaws.com/api?timeout=32s)”: dial tcp 10.0.2.37:443: i/o timeout  
Unable to connect to the server: dial tcp 10.0.2.37:443: i/o timeout please help why I can’t connect to my cluster through kubectl  
~$ aws eks update-kubeconfig --name myapp-eks-cluster  
Added new context arn:aws:eks:eu-west-3:547009827480:cluster/myapp-eks-cluster to ~/.kube/config  
CURRENT NAME CLUSTER AUTHINFO NAMESPACE

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```
    arn:aws:eks:eu-west-3:547009827480:cluster/myapp-eks-cluster arn:aws:eks:eu-west-3:547009827480:cluster/myapp-eks-cluster arn:aws:eks:eu-west-3:547009827480:cluster/myapp-eks-cluster

```