Install

This page will show how to install hubctl on your local workstation

There are few ways to install hubctl:

1. Download binary
2. Homebrew Formula

Download Binary

To download the latest of hubctl run the following

cURL

curl -LJ "https://github.com/epam/hubctl/releases/latest/download/hubctl_$(uname -s)_$(uname -m).tar.gz" |\
  tar xz -C /tmp && sudo mv /tmp/hubctl /usr/local/bin

Wget

wget "https://github.com/epam/hubctl/releases/latest/download/hubctl_$(uname -s)_$(uname -m).tar.gz" -O - |\
  tar xz -C /tmp && sudo mv /tmp/hubctl /usr/local/bin

Homebrew Formula

brew tap epam/tap
brew install epam/tap/hubctl

Extensions

Extensions are the plugins for hubctl. It provides additional functionality to hubctl. To install extensions run:

hubctl extensions install

There are few common tools used across all extensions. Other tools are component specific

• bash
• curl
• jq
• yq v4

Optional dependencies

Some components and extensions requires additional tools to be installed:

• AWS CLI - for components that requires aws
• Azure CLI - for component that requires azure
• Gcloud SDK - for component that requires gcp
• kubectl - for components that requires kubernetes
• Terraform - for components that requires terraform
• Helm - for components that requires helm
• Kustomize*
• Node.js - to activate hubctl pull extension
• Docker CLI - to active hubctl toolbox extension

Special note for Kustomize: by default kustomize has been shipped together with kubectl (kubectl -k ...) However if user has a kustomize installed. Hubctl will use it instead.

What's Next

• See our Getting Started guide

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Last update: August 30, 2023