Verify

Verify that the kubectl command is available by running the following command:

kubectl version --client

Make sure that the version of the client is the same or higher than the version of the cluster.

Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"22", GitVersion:"v1.22.0", GitCommit:"cde122dc4477e5e9c5f8833d2fb01c8807a0a2b1", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2021-06-17T20:20:38Z", GoVersion:"go1.16.5", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}

Tools

You can have a look at the Tools page to see what tools are available to help you manage your Kubernetes cluster.

Next steps

The kubectl has many commands and options. Check them out with kubectl --help or kubectl <command> --help. Now that you have installed kubectl, you can continue with the Kubernetes Basics tutorial.