Install kubectl on Ubuntu Instance | How to install kubectl in Ubuntu | Install kubectl on Linux Instance

Kubernetes uses a command line utility called kubectl for communicating with the cluster API server. It is tool for controlling Kubernetes clusters. kubectl looks for a file named config in the $HOME directory.

sudo curl --silent --location -o /usr/local/bin/kubectl   https://s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/amazon-eks/1.22.6/2022-03-09/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kubectl 

Verify if kubectl got installed

kubectl version --short --client