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

Question

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

wasn't intending to, just didn't come back after i had figured that out. sorry!! — Kathrine Stack, Apr 25 '19 at 16:15

Charles Xu · Accepted Answer · 2019-04-09T01:37:41.037

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.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 08 '19 at 04:22

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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

answered Apr 08 '19 at 04:22

Mo Ziauddin

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Also, not sure which location I would install it to. – Kathrine Stack Apr 08 '19 at 04:24
can you try `sudo az aks kubernetes install-cli`. And, create a directory `/home/ubuntu/.aks` and install it there. – Mo Ziauddin Apr 08 '19 at 04:32
Okay, so I'm using cloud shell actually. Maybe I don't need to run this command? – Kathrine Stack Apr 08 '19 at 05:01
Or maybe use `az aks install-cli` - Downloads and installs kubectl, the Kubernetes command-line tool. CloudCLI should have it installed, try `az aks list` – Mo Ziauddin Apr 08 '19 at 06:29
How did you go? – Mo Ziauddin Apr 08 '19 at 22:15

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered Apr 04 '22 at 15:09

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I still get error when I run it in Azure Portal Cloud Shell Powershell window -

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

answered Apr 04 '22 at 15:09

Andy T

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

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