How to install kubectl on Linux | Install kubectl on Amazon Linux

install kubectl on Linux | Install kubectl on Amazon Linux


What is kubectl ?

Kubernetes provides a command line tool for communicating with a Kubernetes cluster's control plane and cluster API server, using the Kubernetes API.

For configuration, kubectl looks for a file named config in the $HOME/.kube directory. You can specify other kubeconfig files by setting the KUBECONFIG environment variable or by setting the --kubeconfig flag.

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1). Install kubectl on Amazon Linux

Download Amazon EKS-vended kubectl binary from Amazon S3



sudo curl -o kubectl https://amazon-eks.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/1.16.8/2020-04-16/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl

Apply execute permissions to the binary



sudo chmod +x ./kubectl

Copy the binary into a folder and add it to the path 



mkdir -p $HOME/bin && cp ./kubectl $HOME/bin/kubectl && export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin

Add the $HOME/bin path to your shell initialization file so it is configured when you open a shell.



echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin' >> ~/.bashrc

Verify if kubectl got installed 



kubectl version --short --client

2). Install kubectl on Debian Linux

Update the apt package index and install packages needed to use the Kubernetes apt repository: 



sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl

Download the Google Cloud public signing key: 




sudo curl -fsSLo /usr/share/keyrings/kubernetes-archive-keyring.gpg https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg

Add the Kubernetes apt repository: 



echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/kubernetes-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.kubernetes.io/ kubernetes-xenial main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list

Update the apt package index with the new repository and install kubectl: 



sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y kubectl

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