# The connection to the server 6443 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?

**URL:** <https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/the-connection-to-the-server-6443-was-refused-did-you-specify-the-right-host-or-port/21859>\
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**Created:** [November 7, 2022, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/the-connection-to-the-server-6443-was-refused-did-you-specify-the-right-host-or-port/21859 "2022-11-07T06:55:51Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 6:55am UTC](https://discuss.kubernetes.io/t/the-connection-to-the-server-6443-was-refused-did-you-specify-the-right-host-or-port/21859/1 "2022-11-07T06:55:51Z")

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ubuntu@ip-172-31-35-118:~$ kubectl version  
WARNING: This version information is deprecated and will be replaced with the output from kubectl version --short. Use --output=yaml|json to get the full version.  
Client Version: version.Info{Major:“1”, Minor:“25”, GitVersion:“v1.25.3”, GitCommit:“434bfd82814af038ad94d62ebe59b133fcb50506”, GitTreeState:“clean”, BuildDate:“2022-10-12T10:57:26Z”, GoVersion:“go1.19.2”, Compiler:“gc”, Platform:“linux/amd64”}  
Kustomize Version: v4.5.7  
The connection to the server 172.31.35.118:6443 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?

Since even then i swapoff -a and followed below steps:

sudo -i  
swapoff -a  
exit  
strace -eopenat kubectl versionit