# Connection refused when installing rio

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/connection-refused-when-installing-rio/19204>\
**Category:** Rio\
**Created:** [January 7, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/connection-refused-when-installing-rio/19204 "2021-01-07T21:57:30Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![cyberquarks](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/cyberquarks/32/7061_2.png) [@cyberquarks](https://forums.suse.com/u/cyberquarks)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2021, 9:57pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/connection-refused-when-installing-rio/19204/1 "2021-01-07T21:57:30Z")

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When trying to install rio from this [setup guide](https://github.com/rancher/rio):

It throws this error:

```bash
$ rio install

Get http://localhost:8080/api/v1/namespaces/rio-system/configmaps/rio-config: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8080: connect: connection refused 

```

Prior to trying to install rio I installed _Rancher_ from this guide:

> **[Manual Quick Start](https://rancher.com/docs/rancher/v2.x/en/quick-start-guide/deployment/quickstart-manual-setup/)**

And from the dashboard, it shows: Provider: K3s, Kubernetes version: v1.18.8+k3s1 and 1 node

What’s the proper way to install rio?

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**Author:** ![superseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/superseb/32/2424_2.png) [@superseb](https://forums.suse.com/u/superseb)\
**Post date:** [January 11, 2021, 8:30am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/connection-refused-when-installing-rio/19204/2 "2021-01-11T08:30:38Z")

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Do you have `KUBECONFIG` environment variable configured? Does `kubectl version` return the server version (besides the client version)