---
title: "Install Kubernetes Tools"
chapter: false
weight: 17
pre: "<b>3. </b>"
---

Amazon EKS clusters require kubectl and kubelet binaries and the aws-cli or aws-iam-authenticator
binary to allow IAM authentication for your Kubernetes cluster.

{{% notice tip %}}
In this workshop we will give you the commands to download the Linux
binaries. If you are running Mac OSX / Windows, please [see the official EKS docs
for the download links.](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/eks/latest/userguide/getting-started.html)
{{% /notice %}}

#### Install kubectl
```
sudo curl --silent --location -o /usr/local/bin/kubectl https://amazon-eks.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com/1.14.6/2019-08-22/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl


sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/kubectl
```