connect server - connection refused

I attempted to deploy connect server but it didn't work below are the context

input: op item get --format json --vault my_vault_name my_item_title

response: [ERROR] 2025/03/14 05:03:37 could not retrieve item ‘my_vault_name/my_item_title: Get "http://localhost:8080/v1/vaults?filter=title+eq+%22my_vault_name%22": dial tcp [::1]:8080: connect: connection refused

what have I done

• I installed locally
• follow instruction on getting start page 
• I installed via helm chart
• I already got 1password-credentials.json file locally
• I already set environment variable OP_CONNECT_TOKEN, OP_CONNECT_HOST
• I also set environment variables OP_SESSION, OP_HTTP_PORT, OP_LOG_LEVEL
• I also tried with API heartbeat but also get connection refused

info on environment

• MacOS: 15.3.2
• chip M2 ARM64
• 1Password version: 1Password for Mac 8.10.64
• 1Password CLI version: 2.30.3
• kubenetes: using colima, runtime containerd + k3s
• pods are up and running (both connect-api and connect-sync)
• In my profile on http://1password.com, it said “Your Connect server hasn’t authenticated with 1Password yet.”
• helm status give this response

NAME: connect

LAST DEPLOYED: Fri Mar 14 01:13:28 2025

NAMESPACE: default

STATUS: deployed

REVISION: 1

NOTES:

** Please be patient while the chart is being deployed **

1Password Connect is being deployed to Kubernetes. More information about 1Password Connect can

be found at https://support.1password.com/secrets-automation/

it look like I missed last “authentication step” but I couldn’t figure out

Thank you