title: Kubernetes connection refused on port 8080 - Windows 10
body: <p>I have following error on Windows10 after installing <code>kubectl</code> via 
  <code>choco install kubernetes-cli</code>:</p>
  
  <p><code>PowerShell</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>PS C:\Users\userA&gt; kubectl version
  Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"10", GitVersion:"v1.10.11", GitCommit:"637c7e288581ee40ab4ca210618a89a555b6e7e9", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2018-11-26T14:38:32Z", GoVersion:"go1.9.3", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"windows/amd64"}
  Unable to connect to the server: dial tcp [::1]:8080: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p><code>Cmd</code></p>
  
  <pre><code>C:\Users\userA&gt;kubectl version
  Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"10", GitVersion:"v1.10.11", GitCommit:"637c7e288581ee40ab4ca210618a89a555b6e7e9", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2018-11-26T14:38:32Z", GoVersion:"go1.9.3", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"windows/amd64"}
  Unable to connect to the server: dial tcp [::1]:8080: connectex: No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it.
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I have created <code>.kube</code> folder (<code>C:\Users\userA\.kube</code>) and inside of it an empty <code>config</code> file </p>
  
  <p>I set windows environment variable:</p>
  
  <p><code>Variable_name</code>: <code>KUBECONFIG</code>
  <code>value</code>: <code>C:\Users\userA\.kube\config</code></p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT:</strong> I tested it with <code>running</code> minikube:</p>
  
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