Download gkeadm

This document shows how to download the gkeadm command-line tool that you use to create an admin workstation for GKE on VMware.

Typically, gkeadm is the only component that you have to download manually. In some cases, you might want to manually downolad one or more of these other components:

  • Admin workstation Open Virtual Appliance (OVA)
  • GKE on VMware bundle
  • gkectl command-line tool

For more information, see Downloads.

Before you begin

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Download gkeadm

You use the gkeadm command-line tool to create an admin workstation. Then you get an SSH connection to your admin workstation, and from there, you create clusters.

The gkeadm command-line tool is available for 64-bit Linux, Windows 10, Windows Server 2019, and macOS 10.15 and higher.

1.12.7-gke.20

Linux

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.7-gke.20/linux/gkeadm ./
chmod +x gkeadm

Windows

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.7-gke.20/windows/gkeadm.exe ./

macOS Catalina

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.7-gke.20/darwin/gkeadm ./
chmod +x gkeadm

1.12.6-gke.35

Linux

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.6-gke.35/linux/gkeadm ./
chmod +x gkeadm

Windows

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.6-gke.35/windows/gkeadm.exe ./

macOS Catalina

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.6-gke.35/darwin/gkeadm ./
chmod +x gkeadm

1.12.5-gke.34

Linux

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.5-gke.34/linux/gkeadm ./
chmod +x gkeadm

Windows

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.5-gke.34/windows/gkeadm.exe ./

macOS Catalina

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.5-gke.34/darwin/gkeadm ./
chmod +x gkeadm

1.12.4-gke.42

Linux

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.4-gke.42/linux/gkeadm ./
chmod +x gkeadm

Windows

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.4-gke.42/windows/gkeadm.exe ./

macOS Catalina

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.4-gke.42/darwin/gkeadm ./
chmod +x gkeadm

1.12.3-gke.23

Linux

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.3-gke.23/linux/gkeadm ./
chmod +x gkeadm

Windows

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.3-gke.23/windows/gkeadm.exe ./

macOS Catalina

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.3-gke.23/darwin/gkeadm ./
chmod +x gkeadm

1.12.2-gke.21

Linux

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.2-gke.21/linux/gkeadm ./
chmod +x gkeadm

Windows

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.2-gke.21/windows/gkeadm.exe ./

macOS Catalina

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.2-gke.21/darwin/gkeadm ./
chmod +x gkeadm

1.12.1-gke.57

Linux

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.1-gke.57/linux/gkeadm ./
chmod +x gkeadm

Windows

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.1-gke.57/windows/gkeadm.exe ./

macOS Catalina

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.1-gke.57/darwin/gkeadm ./
chmod +x gkeadm

1.12.0-gke.446

Linux

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.0-gke.446/linux/gkeadm ./
chmod +x gkeadm

Windows

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.0-gke.446/windows/gkeadm.exe ./

macOS Catalina

gsutil cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.12.0-gke.446/darwin/gkeadm ./
chmod +x gkeadm