Trouble with kubectl: Connection Refused Error

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I’m encountering an issue with kubectl that I’ve been struggling to resolve. When I attempt to run kubectl version, I consistently receive the error message “The connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?”

Here’s some context about my setup:

  • I’m trying to connect to a Kubernetes cluster hosted on AWS EKS.
  • I’ve verified that my ~/.kube/config file contains the correct server URL, certificate authority data, and context for the cluster.

Despite double-checking my configuration and trying various troubleshooting steps, such as manually testing the connection with curl and running kubectl commands with verbose output, I haven’t been able to resolve the issue.

Has anyone encountered a similar problem before or have any insights into what might be causing this error? I would greatly appreciate any guidance or suggestions for troubleshooting steps to try next.

Cluster information:


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This is the output of the .kube/config

apiVersion: v1
clusters:
- cluster:
    certificate-authority-data: LS0tLS1CRUdJTiBDRVJUSUZJQ0FURS0tLS0tCk1JSUMvakNDQWVhZ0F3SUJBZ0lCQURBTkJna3Foa2lHOXcwQ>
    server: https://73151AEE188E2A4D776D2E92C66C5B9F.gr7.eu-west-2.eks.amazonaws.com
  name: arn:aws:eks:eu-west-2:448568155388:cluster/django-k8s-cluster
contexts:
- context:
    cluster: arn:aws:eks:eu-west-2:448568155388:cluster/django-k8s-cluster
    user: arn:aws:eks:eu-west-2:448568155388:cluster/django-k8s-cluster
  name: arn:aws:eks:eu-west-2:448568155388:cluster/django-k8s-cluster

kind: Config
preferences: {}
users:
- name: arn:aws:eks:eu-west-2:448568155388:cluster/django-k8s-cluster
  user:
    exec:
      apiVersion: client.authentication.k8s.io/v1beta1
      args:
      - --region
      - eu-west-2
      - eks
      - get-token
      - --cluster-name
      - django-k8s-cluster
      - --output
      - json
      command: aws
      env: null
      interactiveMode: IfAvailable
      provideClusterInfo: false

Kubernetes version:
Client Version: v1.29.0-eks-5e0fdde

Cloud being used:
AWS
Installation method:
EKS (Elastic Kubernetes Service)

Host OS:
Debian Linux

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Hi,
Try to specify full path to config kubectl --kubeconfig PATH_TO_CONFIG get nodes

3 
NAME                                           STATUS   ROLES    AGE   VERSION
ip-192-168-37-38.ap-south-1.compute.internal   Ready    <none>   26h   v1.27.9-eks-5e0fdde
ip-192-168-7-211.ap-south-1.compute.internal   Ready    <none>   26h   v1.27.9-eks-5e0fdde