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

Solution:
Update kubeconfig with credentials:
aws eks --region $(terraform output -raw region) update-kubeconfig --name $(terraform output -raw cluster_name)

Related

• kubectl get pods
• eksctl
• ~/.kube/config

See also

• kubectl: [ cp | config | create | delete | edit | explain | apply | exec | get | set | drain | uncordon | rolling-update | rollout | logs | run | auth | label | annotate | version | top | diff | debug | replace | describe | port-forward | proxy | scale | rollout | api-resources | expose deployment | expose | patch | attach | get endpoints | ~/.kube/config | kubectl logs --help | kubectl --help, kubectl-convert, kubectl autoscale, kubectl.kubernetes.io