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1. Resources
2. Install az cli
3. Install Kubernetes client and link it to az cli

Resources

• Microsoft Documentation
• Download page

Version as is in 17/11/2018 : 2.0.50

Install az cli

• For Windows : Download latest version

• For Ubuntu : Documentation Source

    sudo apt-get install apt-transport-https lsb-release software-properties-common -y
    AZ_REPO=$(lsb_release -cs)
    echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli/ $AZ_REPO main" | \
        sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/azure-cli.list
  
    sudo apt-key --keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/Microsoft.gpg adv \
        --keyserver packages.microsoft.com \
        --recv-keys BC528686B50D79E339D3721CEB3E94ADBE1229CF
  
    sudo apt-get update
    sudo apt-get install azure-cli
  

Install Kubernetes client and link it to az cli

1. Install Kubernetes client

    # Install kubectl client
    az aks install-cli
   
    # Please add "C:\Users\Administrator\.azure-kubelogin" to your search PATH so the `kubelogin.exe` can be found. 2 options: 
    #     1. Run "set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Users\Administrator\.azure-kubelogin" or "$env:path += 'C:\Users\Administrator\.azure-kubelogin'" for PowerShell. This is good for the current command session.
    #     2. Update system PATH environment variable by following "Control Panel->System->Advanced->Environment Variables", and re-open the command window. You only need to do it once
   

   this command installs:

   • kubectl client into “$env:USERPROFILE.azure-kubectl”
   • kubelogin client into “$env:USERPROFILE.azure-kubelogin”

2. Configure Kubernetes client path

    # Current role
    $identity = [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()
    $principal = New-Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal -ArgumentList $identity
   
    # default scope is for user path
    $scope = "User"
    if ($principal.IsInRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator))
    {
      # if user is admin, we can update the machine path
      $scope = "Machine"
    }  
   
    $updateKubeLoginPath = $true
    $updateKubeCtlPath = $true
   
    # Check from Machine Path
    $currentPath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "Machine")
    if ($currentPath.Contains("\.azure-kubelogin")) {$updateKubeLoginPath = $false}
    if ($currentPath.Contains("\.azure-kubectl")) {$updateKubeCtlPath = $false}
   
    # Check from User Path
    $currentPath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "User")
    if ($currentPath.Contains("\.azure-kubelogin")) {$updateKubeLoginPath = $false}
    if ($currentPath.Contains("\.azure-kubectl")) {$updateKubeCtlPath = $false}
   
    if ($updateKubeLoginPath)
    {
      write-host "Update user path to kubelogin" -foreGroundColor Green
      # current session Modify current value with your folder
      $env:Path += ";$(join-path -Path $env:USERPROFILE -ChildPath ".azure-kubelogin")"
   
      # Persistent Modify current value with your folder
      [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", $currentPath + ";$(join-path -Path $env:USERPROFILE -ChildPath ".azure-kubelogin")", "User")
         
    }
   
    if ($updateKubeCtlPath)
    {
      write-host "Update user path to kubectl" -foreGroundColor Green
      # current session Modify current value with your folder
      $env:Path += ";$(join-path -Path $env:USERPROFILE -ChildPath ".azure-kubectl")"
   
      # Persistent Modify current value with your folder
      [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("Path", $currentPath + ";$(join-path -Path $env:USERPROFILE -ChildPath ".azure-kubectl")", "User")
         
    }
   
   

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