Kubernetes on Docker for Windows No connection could be made because the target machine actively refused it

Question

I’m using the edge version of docker for windows and I have also enabled kubernetes.
On my other system kubectl context was created automatically, but on this new machine it was not.

> kubectl config get-contexts
CURRENT   NAME      CLUSTER   AUTHINFO   NAMESPACE
> kubectl version
Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"10", GitVersion:"v1.10.3", GitCommit:"2bba0127d85d5a46ab4b778548be28623b32d0b0", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2018-05-21T09:17:39Z", 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.

Can I make Docker for Windows create the context?
Or can I set it up manually?

Answer 1

The issue is with docker for windows when the HOMEDRIVE is set

If you set the $KUBECONFIG environment variable to C:\Users\<my_username>\.kube\config

This should work for you. Make sure you expand the home variable accordingly.

For further details, refer to the Kubernetes Course.

Comments

hello,I have not the 'my_username' floder.what shoud i can do?

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You will have a user folder. The name will not be named 'my_username'. It will your username. Replace my_username with the username on your laptop.