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How to Install

Install kubectl​

This guide provides detailed steps for downloading and installing both the Kubernetes CLI tool (kubectl) and the AWS CLI.

On macOS (using Homebrew)​

brew install kubectl

On Linux​

Download the latest release using curl:

curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"

Make the binary executable:

chmod +x kubectl

Move the binary to a directory in your PATH:

sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/

Verify installation:

kubectl version --client

On Windows​

Download the latest stable release from:

Then:

  • Add the binary to your PATH environment variable.
  • Restart your terminal or Command Prompt.
  • Verify with:
kubectl version --client

You are now ready to use both kubectl and AWS CLI to view the kubernetes cluster!

Get kubeconfig​

To give kubectl access to the cluster, you should use aws eks update-kubeconfig with the details of the cluster- which can be obtained from getting the output / config from Pulumi in si-infrastructure.

Below is a helpful script that can be used to do this:

aws-getkubeconfig.sh
STACK=${STACK:='prod'}
clusterName=$(pulumi stack output clusterName --stack $STACK)
region=$(pulumi config get aws-region --stack $STACK)

aws eks update-kubeconfig --name $clusterName --region $region