Install `kubectl` on Windows

gaurav pandey
2 min readOct 31, 2018

--

Kubernetes is an open-source system for automating deployment, scaling, and management of containerized applications.

Installing Kubectl

Use this link to download .exe file of Kubectl for windows : https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.12.0/bin/windows/amd64/kubectl.exe

Then create a new folder in C drive, name it ‘kube’ or whatever you want and copy kubectl.exe inside, as shown in the picture.

Setting path:

Go to Advance System settings>Environment Variables
and edit path by adding “C:\kube”

Now open command prompt and run kubectl

Congratulations You’ve successfully installed Kubectl on your windows machine.

--

--