# Installation Guide for Kubernetes Cluster ### 1. Download kubectl ```shell curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl" ``` ### 2. Validate kubectl ```shell curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl.sha256" echo "$(