populate the instructions on installing kubectl in getting-started-guides

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Chao Xu
2015-07-14 16:16:50 -07:00
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@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ installed](https://docs.docker.com/installation/). On Mac OS X you can use
[boot2docker](http://boot2docker.io/).
## Setup
###Starting a cluster
The cluster setup scripts can setup Kubernetes for multiple targets. First modify `cluster/kube-env.sh` to specify azure:
KUBERNETES_PROVIDER="azure"
@@ -63,13 +64,26 @@ You can create a virtual network:
Now you're ready.
You can then use the `cluster/kube-*.sh` scripts to manage your azure cluster, start with:
You can download and install the latest Kubernetes release from [this page](https://github.com/GoogleCloudPlatform/kubernetes/releases), then run the `<kubernetes>/cluster/kube-up.sh` script to start the cluster:
cd kubernetes
cluster/kube-up.sh
The script above will start (by default) a single master VM along with 4 worker VMs. You
can tweak some of these parameters by editing `cluster/azure/config-default.sh`.
### Adding the kubernetes command line tools to PATH
The [kubectl](../../docs/user-guide/kubectl/kubectl.md) tool controls the Kubernetes cluster manager. It lets you inspect your cluster resources, create, delete, and update components, and much more.
You will use it to look at your new cluster and bring up example apps.
Add the appropriate binary folder to your ```PATH``` to access kubectl:
# OS X
export PATH=<path/to/kubernetes-directory>/platforms/darwin/amd64:$PATH
# Linux
export PATH=<path/to/kubernetes-directory>/platforms/linux/amd64:$PATH
## Getting started with your cluster
See [a simple nginx example](../user-guide/simple-nginx.md) to try out your new cluster.