Ansible Role: kubectl

Role to install (by default) kubectl on Debian/Ubuntu and EL systems.

Requirements

None.

Role Variables

Available variables are listed below (located in defaults/main.yml):

Variables list:

kubectl_app: kubectl
kubectl_version: 1.30.2
kubectl_os: "{{ ansible_system | lower }}"
kubectl_architecture_map:
  amd64: amd64
  arm: arm64
  x86_64: amd64
  armv6l: armv6
  armv7l: armv7
  aarch64: arm64
  32-bit: "386"
  64-bit: amd64
kubectl_dl_url: "https://dl.k8s.io/release/v{{ kubectl_version }}/bin/{{ kubectl_os }}/{{ kubectl_architecture_map[ansible_architecture] }}/{{ kubectl_app }}"
kubectl_bin_path: /usr/local/bin
kubectl_file_mode: '0755'

Variables table:

Variable	Description
kubectl_app	Defines the app to install i.e. kubectl
kubectl_version	Defined to dynamically fetch the desired version to install. Defaults to: 1.30.2
kubectl_os	Defines OS type.
kubectl_architecture_map	Defines os architecture. Used for obtaining the correct type of binaries based on OS System Architecture.
kubectl_dl_url	Defines URL to download the kubectl binary from.
kubectl_bin_path	Defined to dynamically set the appropriate path to store kubectl binary into. Defaults to (as generally available on any user's PATH): /usr/local/bin
kubectl_file_mode	Mode for the binary file of kubectl.

Dependencies

None

Example Playbook

For default behaviour of role (i.e. installation of kubectl) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.kubectl

For customizing behavior of role (i.e. specifying the desired kubectl version) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.kubectl
  vars:
    kubectl_version: 1.22.0

For customizing behavior of role (i.e. placing binary of kubectl package in different location) in ansible playbooks.

- hosts: servers
  roles:
    - darkwizard242.kubectl
  vars:
    kubectl_bin_path: /bin/

License

MIT

Author Information

This role was created by Ali Muhammad