This document shows how to download the gkeadm command-line tool that
you use to create an admin workstation for Google Distributed Cloud.
Typically, gkeadm is the only component that you have to download manually.
In some cases, you might want to manually downolad one or more of these other
components:
To see whether you are logged in, view your SDK accountproperty:
gcloud config get-value account
To log in:
gcloud auth login
Download gkeadm
You use the gkeadm command-line tool to create an admin workstation. Then you
get an SSH connection to your admin workstation, and from there, you create
clusters.
The gkeadm command-line tool is available for 64-bit Linux, Windows 10,
Windows Server 2019, and macOS 10.15 and higher.
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Then you\nget an SSH connection to your admin workstation, and from there, you create\nclusters.\n\nThe `gkeadm` command-line tool is available for 64-bit Linux, Windows 10,\nWindows Server 2019, and macOS 10.15 and higher.\n\n### 1.11.6-gke.18\n\n### Linux\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.6-gke.18/linux/gkeadm ./\nchmod +x gkeadm\n```\n\n### Windows\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.6-gke.18/windows/gkeadm.exe ./\n```\n\n### macOS Catalina\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.6-gke.18/darwin/gkeadm ./\nchmod +x gkeadm\n```\n\n### 1.11.5-gke.14\n\n### Linux\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.5-gke.14/linux/gkeadm ./\nchmod +x gkeadm\n```\n\n### Windows\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.5-gke.14/windows/gkeadm.exe ./\n```\n\n### macOS Catalina\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.5-gke.14/darwin/gkeadm ./\nchmod +x gkeadm\n```\n\n### 1.11.4-gke.32\n\n### Linux\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.4-gke.32/linux/gkeadm ./\nchmod +x gkeadm\n```\n\n### Windows\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.4-gke.32/windows/gkeadm.exe ./\n```\n\n### macOS Catalina\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.4-gke.32/darwin/gkeadm ./\nchmod +x gkeadm\n```\n\n### 1.11.3-gke.45\n\n### Linux\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.3-gke.45/linux/gkeadm ./\nchmod +x gkeadm\n```\n\n### Windows\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.3-gke.45/windows/gkeadm.exe ./\n```\n\n### macOS Catalina\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.3-gke.45/darwin/gkeadm ./\nchmod +x gkeadm\n```\n\n### 1.11.2-gke.53\n\n### Linux\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.2-gke.53/linux/gkeadm ./\nchmod +x gkeadm\n```\n\n### Windows\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.2-gke.53/windows/gkeadm.exe ./\n```\n\n### macOS Catalina\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.2-gke.53/darwin/gkeadm ./\nchmod +x gkeadm\n```\n\n### 1.11.1-gke.53\n\n### Linux\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.1-gke.53/linux/gkeadm ./\nchmod +x gkeadm\n```\n\n### Windows\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.1-gke.53/windows/gkeadm.exe ./\n```\n\n### macOS Catalina\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.1-gke.53/darwin/gkeadm ./\nchmod +x gkeadm\n```\n\n### 1.11.0-gke.543\n\n### Linux\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.0-gke.543/linux/gkeadm ./\nchmod +x gkeadm\n```\n\n### Windows\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.0--gke.543/windows/gkeadm.exe ./\n```\n\n### macOS Catalina\n\n```\ngcloud storage cp gs://gke-on-prem-release/gkeadm/1.11.0-gke.543/darwin/gkeadm ./\nchmod +x gkeadm\n```"]]
