Error: the connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?

Question

I'm trying to create a simple service on kubernetes

kubectl create serviceaccount dashboard -n default

but it throws the following error:

The connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?

Answer 1

Execute the following command as a normal user:

mkdir -p $HOME/.kube

$ sudo cp -i /etc/kubernetes/admin.conf $HOME/.kube/config

$ sudo chown $(id -u):$(id -g) $HOME/.kube/config

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