kubernetes/docs/getting-started-guides/aws/kubectl.md

PLEASE NOTE: This document applies to the HEAD of the source tree only. If you are using a released version of Kubernetes, you almost certainly want the docs that go with that version.

Documentation for specific releases can be found at releases.k8s.io.

Install and configure kubectl

Download the kubectl CLI tool

### Darwin
wget https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v0.17.0/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl

### Linux
wget https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v0.17.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl

Copy kubectl to your path

chmod +x kubectl
mv kubectl /usr/local/bin/

Create a secure tunnel for API communication

ssh -f -nNT -L 8080:127.0.0.1:8080 core@<master-public-ip>