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eksctl setup on Windows

Using Chocolatey​

    choco install eksctl

OR​

Direct download (latest release): AMD64/x86_64 -ARMv6 - ARMv7 - ARM64

Make sure to unzip the archive to a folder in the PATH variable.

Optionally, verify the checksum:

  1. Download the checksum file: latest
  2. Use Command Prompt to manually compare CertUtil's output to the checksum file downloaded.
    REM Replace amd64 with armv6, armv7 or arm64
    CertUtil -hashfile eksctl_Windows_amd64.zip SHA256
  1. Using PowerShell to automate the verification using the -eq operator to get a True or False result:
# Replace amd64 with armv6, armv7 or arm64
 (Get-FileHash -Algorithm SHA256 .\eksctl_Windows_amd64.zip).Hash -eq ((Get-Content .\eksctl_checksums.txt) -match 'eksctl_Windows_amd64.zip' -split ' ')[0]

Using Git Bash:​

# for ARM systems, set ARCH to: `arm64`, `armv6` or `armv7`
ARCH=amd64
PLATFORM=windows_$ARCH

curl -sLO "https://github.com/eksctl-io/eksctl/releases/latest/download/eksctl_$PLATFORM.zip"

# (Optional) Verify checksum
curl -sL "https://github.com/eksctl-io/eksctl/releases/latest/download/eksctl_checksums.txt" | grep $PLATFORM | sha256sum --check

unzip eksctl_$PLATFORM.zip -d $HOME/bin

rm eksctl_$PLATFORM.zip

The eksctl executable is placed in $HOME/bin, which is in $PATH from Git Bash.