helm init error

[LEO]

When helm init, tiller cannot start.

I can find the msg from minion using 'docker logs tiller-contain':

Cannot initialize Kubernetes connection: Get http://localhost:8080/api: dial tcp 127.0.0.1:8080: getsockopt: connection refused

[sendma...@gmail.com]

Have same issue

[simon....@brightcomputing.com]

This is an old thread, but I'm going to post a reply as it has taken me days to figure this out.
In most cases this is caused by incorrect Kubernetes configuration.

However, I have a work around. Whether this is the correct way, I'm not sure.
Dump the tiller config....

helm init --debug --dryrun > tiller.yml

Set the Kubernetes master environment variable to the Kubernetes API server. Example master:8080
 spec:
      containers:
      - env:
        - name: TILLER_NAMESPACE
          value: kube-system
        - name: KUBERNETES_MASTER
          value: 'hostname:port'

kubectl create -f tiller.yml