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<h2>PLEASE NOTE: This document applies to the HEAD of the source tree</h2>

If you are using a released version of Kubernetes, you should
refer to the docs that go with that version.

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The latest release of this document can be found
[here](http://releases.k8s.io/release-1.1/docs/getting-started-guides/binary_release.md).

Documentation for other releases can be found at
[releases.k8s.io](http://releases.k8s.io).
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## Getting a Binary Release

You can either build a release from sources or download a pre-built release.  If you do not plan on developing Kubernetes itself, we suggest a pre-built release.

### Prebuilt Binary Release

The list of binary releases is available for download from the [GitHub Kubernetes repo release page](https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/releases).

Download the latest release and unpack this tar file on Linux or OS X, cd to the created `kubernetes/` directory, and then follow the getting started guide for your cloud.

### Building from source

Get the Kubernetes source.  If you are simply building a release from source there is no need to set up a full golang environment as all building happens in a Docker container.

Building a release is simple.

```bash
git clone https://github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes.git
cd kubernetes
make release
```

For more details on the release process see the [`build/` directory](http://releases.k8s.io/HEAD/build/)


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