Merge pull request #28740 from bhumijgupta/add-kubectl-check-info

Add kubectl-convert plugin installation info

Author: k8s-ci-robot

content/en/docs/tasks/tools/included/kubectl-convert-overview.md

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+---
+title: "kubectl-convert overview"
+description: >-
+  A kubectl plugin that allows you to convert manifests from one version
+  of a Kubernetes API to a different version.
+headless: true
+---
+
+A plugin for Kubernetes command-line tool `kubectl`, which allows you to convert manifests between different API 
+versions. This can be particularly helpful to migrate manifests to a non-deprecated api version with newer Kubernetes release.
+For more info, visit [migrate to non deprecated apis](/docs/reference/using-api/deprecation-guide/#migrate-to-non-deprecated-apis)

content/en/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-linux.md

@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ kubectl version --client
 
 {{< include "included/verify-kubectl.md" >}}
 
-## Optional kubectl configurations
+## Optional kubectl configurations and plugins
 
 ### Enable shell autocompletion
 
@@ -185,6 +185,61 @@ Below are the procedures to set up autocompletion for Bash and Zsh.
 {{< tab name="Zsh" include="included/optional-kubectl-configs-zsh.md" />}}
 {{< /tabs >}}
 
+### Install `kubectl convert` plugin
+
+{{< include "included/kubectl-convert-overview.md" >}}
+
+1. Download the latest release with the command:
+
+   ```bash
+   curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl-convert
+   ```
+
+1. Validate the binary (optional)
+
+   Download the kubectl-convert checksum file:
+
+   ```bash
+   curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl-convert.sha256"
+   ```
+
+   Validate the kubectl-convert binary against the checksum file:
+
+   ```bash
+   echo "$(<kubectl-convert.sha256) kubectl-convert" | sha256sum --check
+   ```
+
+   If valid, the output is:
+
+   ```console
+   kubectl-convert: OK
+   ```
+
+   If the check fails, `sha256` exits with nonzero status and prints output similar to:
+
+   ```bash
+   kubectl-convert: FAILED
+   sha256sum: WARNING: 1 computed checksum did NOT match
+   ```
+
+   {{< note >}}
+   Download the same version of the binary and checksum.
+   {{< /note >}}
+
+1. Install kubectl-convert
+
+   ```bash
+   sudo install -o root -g root -m 0755 kubectl-convert /usr/local/bin/kubectl-convert
+   ```
+
+1. Verify plugin is successfully installed
+
+   ```shell
+   kubectl convert --help
+   ```
+
+   If you do not see an error, it means the plugin is successfully installed.
+
 ## {{% heading "whatsnext" %}}
 
 {{< include "included/kubectl-whats-next.md" >}}

content/en/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-macos.md

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ If you are on macOS and using [Macports](https://macports.org/) package manager,
 
 {{< include "included/verify-kubectl.md" >}}
 
-## Optional kubectl configurations
+## Optional kubectl configurations and plugins
 
 ### Enable shell autocompletion
 
@@ -168,6 +168,82 @@ Below are the procedures to set up autocompletion for Bash and Zsh.
 {{< tab name="Zsh" include="included/optional-kubectl-configs-zsh.md" />}}
 {{< /tabs >}}
 
+### Install `kubectl convert` plugin
+
+{{< include "included/kubectl-convert-overview.md" >}}
+
+1. Download the latest release with the command:
+
+   {{< tabs name="download_convert_binary_macos" >}}
+   {{< tab name="Intel" codelang="bash" >}}
+   curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl-convert"
+   {{< /tab >}}
+   {{< tab name="Apple Silicon" codelang="bash" >}}
+   curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/darwin/arm64/kubectl-convert"
+   {{< /tab >}}
+   {{< /tabs >}}
+
+1. Validate the binary (optional)
+
+   Download the kubectl checksum file:
+
+   {{< tabs name="download_convert_checksum_macos" >}}
+   {{< tab name="Intel" codelang="bash" >}}
+   curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/darwin/amd64/kubectl-convert.sha256"
+   {{< /tab >}}
+   {{< tab name="Apple Silicon" codelang="bash" >}}
+   curl -LO "https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)/bin/darwin/arm64/kubectl-convert.sha256"
+   {{< /tab >}}
+   {{< /tabs >}}
+
+   Validate the kubectl-convert binary against the checksum file:
+
+   ```bash
+   echo "$(<kubectl-convert.sha256)  kubectl-convert" | shasum -a 256 --check
+   ```
+
+   If valid, the output is:
+
+   ```console
+   kubectl-convert: OK
+   ```
+
+   If the check fails, `shasum` exits with nonzero status and prints output similar to:
+
+   ```bash
+   kubectl-convert: FAILED
+   shasum: WARNING: 1 computed checksum did NOT match
+   ```
+
+   {{< note >}}
+   Download the same version of the binary and checksum.
+   {{< /note >}}
+
+1. Make kubectl-convert binary executable
+
+   ```bash
+   chmod +x ./kubectl-convert
+   ```
+
+1. Move the kubectl-convert binary to a file location on your system `PATH`.
+
+   ```bash
+   sudo mv ./kubectl /usr/local/bin/kubectl-convert
+   sudo chown root: /usr/local/bin/kubectl-convert
+   ```
+
+   {{< note >}}
+   Make sure `/usr/local/bin` is in your PATH environment variable.
+   {{< /note >}}
+
+1. Verify plugin is successfully installed
+
+   ```shell
+   kubectl convert --help
+   ```
+
+   If you do not see an error, it means the plugin is successfully installed.
+
 ## {{% heading "whatsnext" %}}
 
 {{< include "included/kubectl-whats-next.md" >}}

content/en/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-windows.md

@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ Edit the config file with a text editor of your choice, such as Notepad.
 
 {{< include "included/verify-kubectl.md" >}}
 
-## Optional kubectl configurations
+## Optional kubectl configurations and plugins
 
 ### Enable shell autocompletion
 
@@ -140,6 +140,49 @@ Below are the procedures to set up autocompletion for Zsh, if you are running th
 
 {{< include "included/optional-kubectl-configs-zsh.md" >}}
 
+### Install `kubectl convert` plugin
+
+{{< include "included/kubectl-convert-overview.md" >}}
+
+1. Download the latest release with the command:
+
+   ```powershell
+   curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/release/{{< param "fullversion" >}}/bin/windows/amd64/kubectl-convert.exe
+   ```
+
+1. Validate the binary (optional)
+
+   Download the kubectl-convert checksum file:
+
+   ```powershell
+   curl -LO https://dl.k8s.io/{{< param "fullversion" >}}/bin/windows/amd64/kubectl-convert.exe.sha256
+   ```
+
+   Validate the kubectl-convert binary against the checksum file:
+
+   - Using Command Prompt to manually compare `CertUtil`'s output to the checksum file downloaded:
+
+     ```cmd
+     CertUtil -hashfile kubectl-convert.exe SHA256
+     type kubectl-convert.exe.sha256
+     ```
+
+   - Using PowerShell to automate the verification using the `-eq` operator to get a `True` or `False` result:
+
+     ```powershell
+     $($(CertUtil -hashfile .\kubectl-convert.exe SHA256)[1] -replace " ", "") -eq $(type .\kubectl-convert.exe.sha256)
+     ```
+
+1. Add the binary in to your `PATH`.
+
+1. Verify plugin is successfully installed
+
+   ```shell
+   kubectl convert --help
+   ```
+
+   If you do not see an error, it means the plugin is successfully installed.
+
 ## {{% heading "whatsnext" %}}
 
 {{< include "included/kubectl-whats-next.md" >}}