'Azure CLI aks install cli permission denied and sudo does not work

I'm trying to run az aks install-cli but I get an error that says

Downloading client to "/usr/local/bin/kubectl" from "https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.14.0/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl"
Connection error while attempting to download client ([Errno 13] Permission denied: '/usr/local/bin/kubectl')

If I use sudo I get:

bash: sudo: command not found

Not sure how to elevate permissions other than using sudo

linuxsudoazure-cliazure-aks


Solution 1:[1]

You do not need to install the kubectl for AKS if you use the Azure Cloud Shell, that's a default tool installed in it. See all the default tools installed in Azure Cloud Shell.

So you should take a look at the list if you want to install a tool in the Azure Cloud Shell.

And permissions are set as regular users without sudo access. Any installation outside your $Home directory is not persisted. So you cannot execute the sudo command in it.

Solution 2:[2]

Apparently, this is expected. It tries to install it in /usr/local/bin which isnt user writable.

You need to either use: sudo aks kubernetes install-cli OR use the --install-location to install to another location.

There is an issue similar to this reported on azure-cli repo: https://github.com/Azure/azure-cli/issues/2558

Solution 3:[3]

I still get error when I run it in Azure Portal Cloud Shell Powershell window - enter image description here

but as it is specified above kubectl is already installed. I ran kubectl commands directly after switching to BASH - it ran fine. enter image description here

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Solution 1
Solution 2 Mo Ziauddin
Solution 3 Andy T

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