Learn how to install K8sGPT using various methods including CLI, operator, and package managers.

The simplest way to get started with K8sGPT is using the CLI installation method.

# Using curl
curl -LO https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/releases/latest/download/k8sgpt_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
tar -xzf k8sgpt_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
sudo mv k8sgpt /usr/local/bin/

# Using wget
wget https://github.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt/releases/latest/download/k8sgpt_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
tar -xzf k8sgpt_Linux_x86_64.tar.gz
sudo mv k8sgpt /usr/local/bin/

For Kubernetes-native installation, use the K8sGPT operator.

# Install the operator
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator/main/deploy/crds/k8sgpt.ai_v1alpha1_k8sgpt_cr.yaml
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator/main/deploy/operator.yaml

# Create a K8sGPT instance
kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/k8sgpt-ai/k8sgpt-operator/main/deploy/crds/k8sgpt.ai_v1alpha1_k8sgpt_cr.yaml

brew tap k8sgpt-ai/tap
brew install k8sgpt

# Add the repository
curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/k8sgpt-ai:/stable/xUbuntu_22.04/Release.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/k8sgpt.gpg
echo "deb https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/k8sgpt-ai:/stable/xUbuntu_22.04/ /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/k8sgpt.list

# Install K8sGPT
sudo apt update
sudo apt install k8sgpt

# Add the repository
curl -fsSL https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/k8sgpt-ai:/stable/RHEL_8/Release.key | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-k8sgpt
echo "[k8sgpt]
name=K8sGPT Repository
baseurl=https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/k8sgpt-ai:/stable/RHEL_8/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-k8sgpt" | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/k8sgpt.repo

# Install K8sGPT
sudo dnf install k8sgpt

You can also run K8sGPT using Docker.

docker run -it --rm -v ~/.kube:/root/.kube k8sgpt/k8sgpt:latest

After installation, verify that K8sGPT is working correctly:

k8sgpt version

Now that you have K8sGPT installed, you can:

1. Configure your AI backend
2. Run your first analysis
3. Set up auto-remediation
4. Explore advanced features

Check out our configuration guide to get started.