Install Tools
In this task we will install
kubectl to connect to the cluster, see https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/Windows
choco install kubernetes-cli
# https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.21.0/bin/windows/amd64/kubectl.exe
# Copy it as `k.exe` and add them to PATH, i.e. c:\tools\bin\Linux (Ubuntu)
snap install kubectl --classicMacOSX
brew install kubectlSetup shortcuts
Reference: https://kubernetes.io/docs/reference/kubectl/cheatsheet/
# MacOSX / Linux => BASH
echo 'source <(kubectl completion bash)' >>~/.bash_profile
echo 'alias k=kubectl' >>~/.bash_profile
echo 'complete -F __start_kubectl k' >>~/.bash_profile
source ~/.bash_profile
# ZSH
source <(kubectl completion zsh)
echo "[[ $commands[kubectl] ]] && source <(kubectl completion zsh)" >> ~/.zshrc# for Windows - PowerShell
# please add kubectl.exe and k.exe to PATH and restart PowerShell firstly
Set-Alias k kubectl
# permanent alias
# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/24914589/how-to-create-permanent-powershell-aliasesDownload config
- Backup existing config
- Write to
~/.kube/config, create this file if not exists - Verify by
kubectl get node, should return current nodes
$ k get nodes
NAME STATUS ROLES AGE VERSION
pool-8eal681ba-8agl9 Ready <none> 21m v1.20.7