Can not find kubectl executable in PATH

Question

Azure Kubernetes Service created and now to open Kubernetes dashboard, following the steps and getting error:

az : ERROR: Can not find kubectl executable in PATH).

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PS C:\Program Files (x86)> az aks install-cli

az : WARNING: Downloading client to C:\Program Files (x86)\kubectl.exe from https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/v1.10.4/bin/windows/amd64/kubectl.exe
At line:1 char:1
+ az aks install-cli
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (WARNING: Downlo...d64/kubectl.exe:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError

WARNING: Please ensure that C:\Program Files (x86) is in your search PATH, so the `kubectl.exe` command can be found.

PS C:\Program Files (x86)> az aks get-credentials --resource-group AKS-RG --name akscls

Merged "akscls" as current context in C:\Users\GK\.kube\config

PS C:\Program Files (x86)> az aks browse --resource-group AKS-RG --name akscls

az : ERROR: Can not find kubectl executable in PATH
At line:1 char:1
+ az aks browse --resource-group AKS-RG --name akscls
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: (ERROR: Can not ...cutable in PATH:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError

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Solution

You need to install kubectl in your azure cli. Run this command:

az aks install-cli

Then add "C:\Users{user}.azure-kubectl" to your PATH in control panel -> system -> advanced -> environment variables

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[Charles Xu]

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