Make kubectl work in gitlab ci

Question

I am searching for a way to use kubectl in gitlab.

So far I have the following script:

deploy_to_dev:
  stage: deploy
  image: docker:dind
  environment:
    name: dev
  script:
    - mkdir -p $HOME/.kube
    - echo $KUBE_CONFIG | base64 -d > $HOME/.kube/config
    - kubectl config view
  only:
    - develop

But it says that gitlab does not know kubectl. So can you point me in the right direction.

Answer 1

Use image google/cloud-sdk which has a preinstalled installation of gcloud and kubectl.

build:
  stage: build
  image: google/cloud-sdk
  services:
  - docker:dind
  script:
  # Make gcloud available
  - source /root/.bashrc