Kubectl is available on a variety of operating systems, including Windows. If you have experience with using kubectl on Linux, you can expect that the only difference will be the installation process—the commands and basic principles remain the same. For Windows, you have several options for kubectl installation, as follows:
- Download the kubectl binary directly.
- Use the PowerShell Gallery (https://www.powershellgallery.com/).
- Use third-party Windows package managers: Chocolatey (https://chocolatey.org/) or Scoop (https://scoop.sh/).
Kubectl can also be installed automatically by Docker Desktop for Windows while creating a local development Kubernetes cluster (executable installed in C:\Program Files\Docker\Docker\Resources\bin\kubectl.exe) or using the Azure CLI when creating the AKS cluster instance (using the az aks install...