# Unable to port-forward to temporal pod deployed in the k8s cluster

**URL:** <https://community.temporal.io/t/unable-to-port-forward-to-temporal-pod-deployed-in-the-k8s-cluster/2512>\
**Category:** Community Support\
**Tags:** kubernetes\
**Created:** [July 6, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/unable-to-port-forward-to-temporal-pod-deployed-in-the-k8s-cluster/2512 "2021-07-06T08:13:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![gntem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d2c977/32.png) [@gntem](https://community.temporal.io/u/gntem)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2021, 8:13am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/unable-to-port-forward-to-temporal-pod-deployed-in-the-k8s-cluster/2512/1 "2021-07-06T08:13:36Z")

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in the k8s cluster i’ve a running pod which is temporal service (1 instance) everything configured and connected properly (postgres, web-ui ) even runned a hello world example just to confirm everything is correct and all worked.  
But im unable to port-forward directly to pod and run with tctl the commands.

```auto
> kubectl port-forward temporal-7469d47869-wxq6z 7233:7233
Forwarding from 127.0.0.1:7233 -> 7233
Forwarding from [::1]:7233 -> 7233
Handling connection for 7233
E0706 10:08:02.297540 72508 portforward.go:400] an error occurred forwarding 7233 -> 7233: error forwarding port 7233 to pod ....., uid : exit status 1: 2021/07/06 08:08:02 socat[27669] E connect(5, AF=2 127.0.0.1:7233, 16): Connection refused

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```auto
tctl cluster health
Error: Unable to get "temporal.api.workflowservice.v1.WorkflowService" health check status.
Error Details: rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = connection closed
('export TEMPORAL_CLI_SHOW_STACKS=1' to see stack traces)

```

**Questions:**  
What do i need to configure to allow it to accept connections?  
Where should i bind the server ?

Thank you for your time.

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**Author:** ![jreynolds23](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.temporal.io/jreynolds23/32/1998_2.png) [@jreynolds23](https://community.temporal.io/u/jreynolds23)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2022, 4:23am UTC](https://community.temporal.io/t/unable-to-port-forward-to-temporal-pod-deployed-in-the-k8s-cluster/2512/3 "2022-06-22T04:23:09Z")

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Hi Gntem,

My apologies for the late response. My name is Jordan and I will be taking over this incident.

Can you double-check your kubectl version you were using in for this case? Also, can you check whether your pod has restarted while port-forward is running? If that happens, the behavior from kubectl 1.23.0 and later is for the `kubectl port-forward` command to log an error saying “lost connection to pod” and exit.

Here is a reference to a similar error that I found: [Port-forward drops connection to pod after first connection · Issue #1169 · kubernetes/kubectl · GitHub](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubectl/issues/1169)

I look forward to your response. Please let me know if you run into any errors or mishaps.

Best Regards,  
Jordan