Installing kubectl
Explore how to install kubectl, the command-line tool essential for managing Kubernetes clusters and applications. This lesson guides you through installation steps for macOS, Linux, and Windows, and shows how to verify your kubectl setup to ensure it is ready for cluster interaction.
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Understanding kubectl
Kubernetes’ command-line tool, kubectl, is used to manage a cluster and applications running inside it. We’ll use kubectl a lot throughout the course, so we won’t go into details just yet. Instead, we’ll discuss its commands through examples that will follow shortly. For now, think of it as your interlocutor with a Kubernetes cluster.