In this section, you will install eksctl, kubectl, and helm.
eksctl is a simple CLI tool for creating and managing Amazon EKS. It is written in Go, uses AWS CloudFormation, and was created by Weaveworks. Learn more by visitng https://eksctl.io.
In your AWS Cloud9 terminal window paste the following commands to install eksctl:
cd ~/environment
curl --location "https://github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/releases/download/v0.112.0/eksctl_$(uname -s)_amd64.tar.gz" | tar xz -C /tmp
sudo mv /tmp/eksctl /usr/local/bin
eksctl version
kubectl is a command line utility for interacting with the Kubernetes API. It allows you to run commands against Kubernetes clusters, deploy applications, inspect and manage cluster resources, and view logs. For more information see the reference documentation.
In your AWS Cloud9 terminal window paste the following commands to install kubectl:
curl -Lo kubectl https://dl.k8s.io/release/v1.21.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
chmod +x ./kubectl
sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin
kubectl version --client --short
helm is a package manager for Kubernetes. It allows easy deployment of software from a helm repository to your cluster. Learn more at helm.
To install helm, in your AWS Cloud9 terminal execute the following command:
curl -L https://git.io/get_helm.sh | bash -s -- --version v3.8.2
You now have the tools needed to complete the HPC on Kubernetes lab.