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

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

Solution

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.