title: kubectl install error -The connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port
body: <p>i am trying to install a kops cluster on AWS and to that as a pre-requisite i installed kubectl as per these instructions provided,</p>
  
  <p><a href="https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/#install-kubectl" rel="noreferrer">https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/#install-kubectl</a></p>
  
  <p>but when i try to verify the installation, i am getting the below error.</p>
  
  <pre><code>ubuntu@ip-172-31-30-74:~$ kubectl version
  Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"8", GitVersion:"v1.8.0", GitCommit:"6e937839ac04a38cac63e6a7a306c5d035fe7b0a", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2017-09-28T22:57:57Z", GoVersion:"go1.8.3", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}
  The connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused - did you specify the right host or port?
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>i am not sure why! because i had set up cluster with similar way earlier and everything worked fine. 
  Now wanted to set up a new cluster, but kind of stuck in this.</p>
  
  <p>Any help appreciated.</p>