Kubernetes helm chart tries to connect to port 8080

[Phil Mead]

I am new to Kubernetes.
I am running Kubernetes microk8s under Ubuntu
I have a deployment for mysql 8.0 running.

When I iusse the command to install the helm chart - helm install my-ssg layer7/gateway --set-file "license.value=license.xml" --set "license.accept=true"

I get the following error:
Error: INSTALLATION FAILED: Kubernetes cluster unreachable: Get "http://localhost:8080/version": dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8080: connect: connection refused

Any ideas where I should look?

netstat shows no listener on port 8080. However, it says it is listening on https port 16443.

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Phil Mead
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[Gary Vermeulen]

Hey Phil,

It looks like you're missing your kubeconfig file. Kubectl and Helm use the same configuration file by default.

Microk8s comes packaged with its own kubectl - there's also a helm3 add-on that you can enable (I would recommend adding metallb).

$ microk8s kubectl get pods

$ microk8s config ==> shows the kubeconfig file

Once you've confirmed everything is working as expected you can copy the config over to your local kube config directory. This link goes through the configuration in more detail.

Let me know if that works or if you have any more questions.

[Phil Mead]

Thank you. That fixed my problem.

I did the following:
# cd $HOME
# mkdir .kube (if necessary)
# cd .kube
# microk8s config > config

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