https://quicktasks.ismael.casimpan.com/tags/doks/Recent content in doks on IT QuicktasksHugo -- gohugo.ioCopyright © 2018–2022, Ismael Casimpan Jr.; All Rights ReservedSat, 27 Jun 2020 00:20:25 +0800https://quicktasks.ismael.casimpan.com/post/connection-to-server-refused/Sat, 27 Jun 2020 00:20:25 +0800https://quicktasks.ismael.casimpan.com/post/connection-to-server-refused/ When you see similar error as below: 1user@example:~$ kubectl get nodes 2The connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port? Check for the "$KUBECONFIG" if set and "kubectl config view" output. Chances are, both are empty like below: 1user@example:~$ echo $KUBECONFIG 1user@example:~$ kubectl config view 2apiVersion: v1 3clusters: null 4contexts: null 5current-context: "" 6kind: Config 7preferences: {} 8users: null In this example, we're using the DOKS or DigitalOcean Managed Kubernetes.