Install AWS, kubectl & eksctl CLI's

Step-00: Introduction

Install AWS CLI
Install kubectl CLI
Install eksctl CLI

Step-01: Install AWS CLI

Reference-1: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/cli-chap-install.html
Reference-2: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2.html

Step-01-01: MAC - Install and configure AWS CLI

Download the binary and install via command line using below two commands.

# Download Binary
curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.pkg" -o "AWSCLIV2.pkg"

# Install the binary
sudo installer -pkg ./AWSCLIV2.pkg -target /

Verify the installation

aws --version
aws-cli/2.0.7 Python/3.7.4 Darwin/19.4.0 botocore/2.0.0dev11

which aws

Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2-mac.html

Step-01-02: Windows 10 - Install and configure AWS CLI

The AWS CLI version 2 is supported on Windows XP or later.
The AWS CLI version 2 supports only 64-bit versions of Windows.
Download Binary: https://awscli.amazonaws.com/AWSCLIV2.msi
Install the downloaded binary (standard windows install)

aws --version
aws-cli/2.0.8 Python/3.7.5 Windows/10 botocore/2.0.0dev12

Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/userguide/install-cliv2-windows.html

Step-01-03: Configure AWS Command Line using Security Credentials

Go to AWS Management Console --> Services --> IAM
Select the IAM User: kalyan
Important Note: Use only IAM user to generate Security Credentials. Never ever use Root User. (Highly not recommended)
Click on Security credentials tab
Click on Create access key
Copy Access ID and Secret access key
Go to command line and provide the required details

aws configure
AWS Access Key ID [None]: ABCDEFGHIAZBERTUCNGG  (Replace your creds when prompted)
AWS Secret Access Key [None]: uMe7fumK1IdDB094q2sGFhM5Bqt3HQRw3IHZzBDTm  (Replace your creds when prompted)
Default region name [None]: us-east-1
Default output format [None]: json

Test if AWS CLI is working after configuring the above

aws ec2 describe-vpcs

Step-02: Install kubectl CLI

IMPORTANT NOTE: Kubectl binaries for EKS please prefer to use from Amazon (Amazon EKS-vended kubectl binary)
This will help us to get the exact Kubectl client version based on our EKS Cluster version. You can use the below documentation link to download the binary.
Reference: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/install-kubectl.html

Step-02-01: MAC - Install and configure kubectl

Kubectl version we are using here is 1.16.8 (It may vary based on Cluster version you are planning use in AWS EKS)

# Download the Package
mkdir kubectlbinary
cd kubectlbinary
curl -o kubectl https://amazon-eks.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/1.16.8/2020-04-16/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl

# Provide execute permissions
chmod +x ./kubectl

# Set the Path by copying to user Home Directory
mkdir -p $HOME/bin && cp ./kubectl $HOME/bin/kubectl && export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
echo 'export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin' >> ~/.bash_profile

# Verify the kubectl version
kubectl version --short --client
Output: Client Version: v1.16.8-eks-e16311

Step-02-02: Windows 10 - Install and configure kubectl

Install kubectl on Windows 10

mkdir kubectlbinary
cd kubectlbinary
curl -o kubectl.exe https://amazon-eks.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/1.16.8/2020-04-16/bin/windows/amd64/kubectl.exe

Update the system Path environment variable

C:\Users\KALYAN\Documents\kubectlbinary

Verify the kubectl client version

kubectl version --short --client
kubectl version --client

Step-03: Install eksctl CLI

Step-03-01: eksctl on Mac

# Install Homebrew on MacOs
/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install.sh)"

# Install the Weaveworks Homebrew tap.
brew tap weaveworks/tap

# Install the Weaveworks Homebrew tap.
brew install weaveworks/tap/eksctl

# Verify eksctl version
eksctl version