Installation on windows should be very simple from the docs https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl but mine fails at second step
Install-Script -Name 'install-kubectl' -Scope CurrentUser -Force
install-kubectl.ps1 [-DownloadLocation <path>]
install-kubectl.ps1 c:\kubectl
==>Getting download link from https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/
Invoke-WebRequest : The underlying connection was closed: An unexpected error occurred on a send.
At C:\Program Files\PowerShell\Scripts\install-kubectl.ps1:31 char:8
+ $req = Invoke-WebRequest -UseBasicParsing -Uri $uri
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (System.Net.HttpWebRequest:HttpWebRequest) [Invoke-WebRequest], WebException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : WebCmdletWebResponseException,Microsoft.PowerShell.Commands.InvokeWebRequestCommand
It seems like it is trying to download something from https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl/ but it can not.
I succeeded to check that connection, I do have access to internet from that Windows Server:
PS C:\Users\e561> Test-NetConnection -ComputerName "kubernetes.io" -Port 443
ComputerName : kubernetes.io
RemoteAddress : 147.75.40.148
RemotePort : 443
InterfaceAlias : Ethernet 2
SourceAddress : 10.7.147.211
TcpTestSucceeded : True
As mentioned in the comments :
You can download kubectl.exe
from here - and later add the path kubectl.exe
located to environment variables.