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  1. We had a GKE cluster running a functional project
  2. Then we sunseted the entire project -- by deleting it.
  3. Due to a need, we restored the project
  4. Now I'm trying to get the GKE cluster running again.

The first thing I tried was running kubectl get pods which returned Unable to connect to the server: dial tcp ***.***.***.***:443: i/o timeout (I masked the ip with *)

Then I tried to open up the cloud shell in the browser, and noticed this message:

WARNING: cluster **** is not RUNNING. The kubernetes API may or may not be available. Check the cluster status for more information.

Ok, that explained why kubectl was not working. So how do I start the cluster then? That information I can't find anywhere.

Anton
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Deleting a project stops all the services. Restoring a project does not restart many services, including Google Kubernetes Engine.

Review that the project that you restored has an active billing account linked, and the easiest way to review the status of the GKE cluster is from the console. Go to the [Google Cloud Platform Console > COMPUTE > Kubernetes Engine > Clusters > Select your cluster] section.

From there go to the NODES section, and there you can review the number of nodes for each nodepool. This number may be 0, so you may need to resize it to start the cluster.

Alex Nunez Priego
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  • Resizing the cluster did the trick --> it brought up an error message that our billing was not set up. That was the issue! – Anton Apr 13 '22 at 18:42