Install eksctl¶

eksctl is a simple command line tool for creating and managing Kubernetes clusters on Amazon EKS.

eksctl provides the fastest and easiest way to create a new cluster with nodes for Amazon EKS.

Let's see how you can install eksctl on your operating system.

Step 1: Install eksctl¶

Install eksctl on MacOS¶

You can install or upgrade eksctl on MacOS using the following command:

brew upgrade eksctl && { brew link --overwrite eksctl; } || { brew tap weaveworks/tap; brew install weaveworks/tap/eksctl; }

Install eksctl on Windows¶

You can use Chocolatey to install eksctl on Windows. If you do not already have Chocolatey installed on your Windows system, see Installing Chocolatey.

Install eksctl:

choco install -y eksctl 

If you already have eksctl installed, you can upgrade it using the followign command:

choco upgrade -y eksctl 

Install eksctl on Unix¶

1. Download and extract the latest release of eksctl with the following command:

   curl --silent --location "https://github.com/weaveworks/eksctl/releases/latest/download/eksctl_$(uname -s)_amd64.tar.gz" | tar xz -C /tmp
   

2. Move the extracted binary to /usr/local/bin:

   sudo mv /tmp/eksctl /usr/local/bin
   

Step 2: Verify eksctl Installation¶

eksctl version

The above command should print the version of the eksctl installed on your system.