In this lab you will install the command line utilities required to complete this tutorial: cfssl, cfssljson, and kubectl.
The cfssl and cfssljson command line utilities will be used to provision a PKI Infrastructure and generate TLS certificates.
Download and install cfssl and cfssljson:
go install github.com/cloudflare/cfssl/cmd/cfssl@latest
go install github.com/cloudflare/cfssl/cmd/cfssljson@latest
Verify cfssl and cfssljson version 1.4.1 or higher is installed:
cfssl version
output
Version: dev
Runtime: go1.21.1
cfssljson --version
Version: dev
Runtime: go1.21.1
The kubectl command line utility is used to interact with the Kubernetes API Server. Download and install kubectl from the official release binaries:
curl -o kubectl https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.28.0/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl
chmod +x kubectl
sudo mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/
Verify kubectl version 1.28.0 or higher is installed:
kubectl version --client
output
Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"28", GitVersion:"v1.21.0", GitCommit:"cb303e613a121a29364f75cc67d3d580833a7479", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2021-04-08T16:31:21Z", GoVersion:"go1.16.1", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"linux/amd64"}