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Install kumactl
This how-to guide explains how to install kumactl
in your environment.
kumactl
is a CLI tool that you can use to access Kong Mesh. It can do the following:
- Perform read-only operations on Kong Mesh resources on Kubernetes.
- Read and create resources in Kong Mesh in Universal mode.
The kumactl
binary is a client to the Kong Mesh HTTP API.
Download Kong Mesh:
Make sure you have tar and gzip installed.
Run the following script to automatically detect the operating system and download Kuma:
curl -L https://docs.konghq.com/mesh/installer.sh | VERSION=2.5.11 sh -
You can omit the VERSION
variable to install the latest version.
Add the kumactl
executable to your path:
cd kong-mesh-2.5.11/bin
export PATH=$(pwd):$PATH
Next steps
After you’ve installed kumactl
, you can deploy Kong Mesh in standalone or multi-zone mode in either Kubernetes or Universal.