[linux] Curl : connection refused

I got the following error while running curl:

curl: (7) Failed to connect to 127.0.0.1 port 8080: Connection refused.

It seems that it is easy to debug, but, I didnt find how to solve it. The adress 127.0.0.1 is mentioned in the file etc/hosts.

I am using curl version 7.47 on Ubuntu system.

Anyone has an idea about it ?

Thank you.

127.0.0.1 restricts access on every interface on port 8000 except development computer. change it to 0.0.0.0:8000 this will allow connection from curl.

Try curl -v http://localhost:8080/ instead of 127.0.0.1

Make sure you have a service started and listening on the port.

netstat -ln | grep 8080

and

sudo netstat -tulpn