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Install and Set Up kubectl on Linux task 10

{{% heading "prerequisites" %}}

You must use a kubectl version that is within one minor version difference of your cluster. For example, a v{{< skew currentVersion >}} client can communicate with v{{< skew currentVersionAddMinor -1 >}}, v{{< skew currentVersionAddMinor 0 >}}, and v{{< skew currentVersionAddMinor 1 >}} control planes. Using the latest compatible version of kubectl helps avoid unforeseen issues.

Install kubectl on Linux

The following methods exist for installing kubectl on Linux:

Install kubectl binary with curl on Linux

  1. Download the latest release with the command:

    {{< tabs name="download_binary_linux" >}} {{< tab name="x86-64" codelang="bash" >}} curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl" {{< /tab >}} {{< tab name="ARM64" codelang="bash" >}} curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/arm64/kubectl" {{< /tab >}} {{< /tabs >}}

    {{< note >}} To download a specific version, replace the $(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt) portion of the command with the specific version.

    For example, to download version {{< skew currentPatchVersion >}} on Linux x86-64, type:

    curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/release/v{{< skew currentPatchVersion >}}/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl

    And for Linux ARM64, type:

    curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/release/v{{< skew currentPatchVersion >}}/bin/linux/arm64/kubectl

    {{< /note >}}

  2. Validate the binary (optional)

    Download the kubectl checksum file:

    {{< tabs name="download_checksum_linux" >}} {{< tab name="x86-64" codelang="bash" >}} curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl.sha256" {{< /tab >}} {{< tab name="ARM64" codelang="bash" >}} curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/arm64/kubectl.sha256" {{< /tab >}} {{< /tabs >}}

    Validate the kubectl binary against the checksum file:

    echo "$(cat kubectl.sha256)  kubectl" | sha256sum --check

    If valid, the output is:

    kubectl: OK

    If the check fails, sha256 exits with nonzero status and prints output similar to:

    kubectl: FAILED
sha256sum: WARNING: 1 computed checksum did NOT match

    {{< note >}} Download the same version of the binary and checksum. {{< /note >}}

  3. Install kubectl

    sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl

    {{< note >}} If you do not have root access on the target system, you can still install kubectl to the ~/.local/bin directory:

    chmod +x kubectl
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
mv ./kubectl ~/.local/bin/kubectl
# and then append (or prepend) ~/.local/bin to $PATH

    {{< /note >}}

  4. Test to ensure the version you installed is up-to-date:

    kubectl version --client

    Or use this for detailed view of version:

    kubectl version --client --output=yaml

Install using native package management

{{< tabs name="kubectl_install" >}} {{% tab name="Debian-based distributions" %}}

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

    sudo apt-get update
# apt-transport-https may be a dummy package; if so, you can skip that package
sudo apt-get install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl

  2. Download the public signing key for the Kubernetes package repositories. The same signing key is used for all repositories so you can disregard the version in the URL:

    curl -fsSL https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/{{< param "version" >}}/deb/Release.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg
sudo chmod 644 /etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg # allow unprivileged APT programs to read this keyring

  3. Add the appropriate Kubernetes apt repository. If you want to use Kubernetes version different than {{< param "version" >}}, replace {{< param "version" >}} with the desired minor version in the command below:

    # This overwrites any existing configuration in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
echo 'deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/kubernetes-apt-keyring.gpg] https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/{{< param "version" >}}/deb/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list
sudo chmod 644 /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list   # helps tools such as command-not-found to work correctly

{{< note >}} To upgrade kubectl to another minor release, you'll need to bump the version in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/kubernetes.list before running apt-get update and apt-get upgrade. This procedure is described in more detail in Changing The Kubernetes Package Repository. {{< /note >}}

  1. Update apt package index, then install kubectl:

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

{{< note >}} In releases older than Debian 12 and Ubuntu 22.04, /etc/apt/keyrings does not exist by default, and can be created using sudo mkdir -m 755 /etc/apt/keyrings {{< /note >}}

{{% /tab %}}

{{% tab name="Red Hat-based distributions" %}}

  1. Add the Kubernetes yum repository. If you want to use Kubernetes version different than {{< param "version" >}}, replace {{< param "version" >}} with the desired minor version in the command below.

    # This overwrites any existing configuration in /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo
[kubernetes]
name=Kubernetes
baseurl=https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/{{< param "version" >}}/rpm/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/{{< param "version" >}}/rpm/repodata/repomd.xml.key
EOF

{{< note >}} To upgrade kubectl to another minor release, you'll need to bump the version in /etc/yum.repos.d/kubernetes.repo before running yum update. This procedure is described in more detail in Changing The Kubernetes Package Repository. {{< /note >}}

  1. Install kubectl using yum:

    sudo yum install -y kubectl

{{% /tab %}}

{{% tab name="SUSE-based distributions" %}}

  1. Add the Kubernetes zypper repository. If you want to use Kubernetes version different than {{< param "version" >}}, replace {{< param "version" >}} with the desired minor version in the command below.

    # This overwrites any existing configuration in /etc/zypp/repos.d/kubernetes.repo
cat <<EOF | sudo tee /etc/zypp/repos.d/kubernetes.repo
[kubernetes]
name=Kubernetes
baseurl=https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/{{< param "version" >}}/rpm/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://pkgs.k8s.io/core:/stable:/{{< param "version" >}}/rpm/repodata/repomd.xml.key
EOF

{{< note >}} To upgrade kubectl to another minor release, you'll need to bump the version in /etc/zypp/repos.d/kubernetes.repo before running zypper update. This procedure is described in more detail in Changing The Kubernetes Package Repository. {{< /note >}}

  1. Install kubectl using zypper:

    sudo zypper install -y kubectl

{{% /tab %}} {{< /tabs >}}

Install using other package management

{{< tabs name="other_kubectl_install" >}} {{% tab name="Snap" %}} If you are on Ubuntu or another Linux distribution that supports the snap package manager, kubectl is available as a snap application.

snap install kubectl --classic
kubectl version --client

{{% /tab %}}

{{% tab name="Homebrew" %}} If you are on Linux and using Homebrew package manager, kubectl is available for installation.

brew install kubectl
kubectl version --client

{{% /tab %}}

{{< /tabs >}}

Verify kubectl configuration

{{< include "included/verify-kubectl.md" >}}

Optional kubectl configurations and plugins

Enable shell autocompletion

kubectl provides autocompletion support for Bash, Zsh, Fish, and PowerShell, which can save you a lot of typing.

Below are the procedures to set up autocompletion for Bash, Fish, and Zsh.

{{< tabs name="kubectl_autocompletion" >}} {{< tab name="Bash" include="included/optional-kubectl-configs-bash-linux.md" />}} {{< tab name="Fish" include="included/optional-kubectl-configs-fish.md" />}} {{< tab name="Zsh" include="included/optional-kubectl-configs-zsh.md" />}} {{< /tabs >}}

Install kubectl convert plugin

{{< include "included/kubectl-convert-overview.md" >}}

  1. Download the latest release with the command:

    {{< tabs name="download_convert_binary_linux" >}} {{< tab name="x86-64" codelang="bash" >}} curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl-convert" {{< /tab >}} {{< tab name="ARM64" codelang="bash" >}} curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/arm64/kubectl-convert" {{< /tab >}} {{< /tabs >}}

  2. Validate the binary (optional)

    Download the kubectl-convert checksum file:

    {{< tabs name="download_convert_checksum_linux" >}} {{< tab name="x86-64" codelang="bash" >}} curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl-convert.sha256" {{< /tab >}} {{< tab name="ARM64" codelang="bash" >}} curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/arm64/kubectl-convert.sha256" {{< /tab >}} {{< /tabs >}}

    Validate the kubectl-convert binary against the checksum file:

    echo "$(cat kubectl-convert.sha256) kubectl-convert" | sha256sum --check

    If valid, the output is:

    kubectl-convert: OK

    If the check fails, sha256 exits with nonzero status and prints output similar to:

    kubectl-convert: FAILED
sha256sum: WARNING: 1 computed checksum did NOT match

    {{< note >}} Download the same version of the binary and checksum. {{< /note >}}

  3. Install kubectl-convert

    sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 kubectl-convert /usr/local/bin/kubectl-convert

  4. Verify plugin is successfully installed

    kubectl convert --help

    If you do not see an error, it means the plugin is successfully installed.

  5. After installing the plugin, clean up the installation files:

    rm kubectl-convert kubectl-convert.sha256

{{% heading "whatsnext" %}}

{{< include "included/kubectl-whats-next.md" >}}