# Kubernetes not running anymore

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/kubernetes-not-running-anymore/25249>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Created:** [August 28, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/kubernetes-not-running-anymore/25249 "2023-08-28T03:12:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![steven.jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@steven.jones](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/steven.jones)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 3:12am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/kubernetes-not-running-anymore/25249/1 "2023-08-28T03:12:12Z")

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### Cluster information:

Kubernetes version:  
Cloud being used: (put bare-metal if not on a public cloud)  
Installation method:  
Host OS: debian12  
CNI and version:  
CRI and version:

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**Author:** ![steven.jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/838e76/32.png) [@steven.jones](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/u/steven.jones)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2023, 3:15am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/kubernetes-not-running-anymore/25249/2 "2023-08-28T03:15:07Z")

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I built a small test setup on friday following this and it was working,

> **[Debian 12 Bookworm : Kubernetes : Configure Control Plane Node : Server World](https://www.server-world.info/en/note?os=Debian_12&p=kubernetes&f=2)**
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> Debian 12 Bookworm Kubernetes Configure Control Plane Node

and came back to it today and I get this error.

root@master1:~# kubectl get nodes  
E0828 15:05:27.559442 1857604 memcache.go:265] couldn’t get current server API group list: Get “[http://localhost:8080/api?timeout=32s](http://localhost:8080/api?timeout=32s)”: dial tcp [::1]:8080: connect: connection refused  
E0828 15:05:27.559905 1857604 memcache.go:265] couldn’t get current server API group list:  
8\>\<—  
The connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?  
root@master1:~#

Unable to determine what is wrong.