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Setup kubectl and plugins

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Setup kubectl and plugins

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Setup kubectl and plugins

Install a specific version of kubectl and plugins via krew

Installation

Copy and paste the following snippet into your .yml file.

 
              
- name: Setup kubectl and plugins

              
  uses: marcofranssen/setup-kubectl@v1.2.1
Learn more about this action in marcofranssen/setup-kubectl

Choose a version

Setup kubectl

This Github action installs kubectl and allows to optionally also install krew to manage kubectl plugins. You can also choose to pre-install a bunch of kubectl plugins by default.

Usage

Install stable

Installs the latest stable release.

steps:
  - uses: marcofranssen/setup-kubectl@v0.3.0
    id: kubectl
  - run: echo ${{ steps.kubectl.output.kubectl-version }}

Install latest

Installs the latest release.

steps:
  - uses: marcofranssen/setup-kubectl@v0.3.0
    id: kubectl
    with:
      kubectl-version: latest
  - run: echo ${{ steps.kubectl.output.kubectl-version }}

Install specific version

Installs the v1.24.5 release.

steps:
  - uses: marcofranssen/setup-kubectl@v0.3.0
    id: kubectl
    with:
      kubectl-version: v1.24.5

Install krew

Install krew allong with kubectl.

steps:
  - uses: marcofranssen/setup-kubectl@v0.3.0
    with:
      enable-plugins: true
  - run: echo ${{ steps.kubectl.output.krew-version }}
  - run: kubectl krew install aws-auth

Install plugins

Install krew allong with kubectl and some plugins.

steps:
  - uses: marcofranssen/setup-kubectl@v0.3.0
    with:
      enable-plugins: true
      plugins: aws-auth,grep
  - run: echo ${{ steps.kubectl.output.krew-version }}
  - run: echo ${{ fromJson(steps.kubectl.output.krew-plugins) }}
  - run: kubectl aws-auth version