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+# -*- makefile -*-
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright 2024 Open Networking Foundation Contributors
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2024 Open Networking Foundation Contributors
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent: Centralized logic for installing the kubectl command
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+MAKEDIR ?= $(error MAKEDIR= is required)
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Install command by version to prevent one bad download from
+# taking all jobs out of action.  Do not rely on /usr/local/bin/kubectl,
+# command can easily become stagnant.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Supported versions
+kubectl-versions	+= v1.23
+kubectl-versions	+= v1.30.3
+kubectl-versions	+= v1.31.0
+
+# kubectl-ver         ?= v1.23#          # voltha v2.12 (?)
+kubectl-ver         ?= v1.31.0#          # 2024-08-23: latest release
+kubectl-ver		    ?= $(shell curl -L -s https://dl.k8s.io/release/stable.txt)
+kubectl-ver			?= $(error kubectl-ver= is required)
+
+kube-url			:= https://dl.k8s.io/release/$(kubectl-ver)/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Install the 'kubectl' tool if needed: https://github.com/boz/kubectl
+#   o WORKSPACE - jenkins aware
+#   o Default to /usr/local/bin/kubectl
+#       + revisit this, system directories should not be a default path.
+#       + requires sudo and potential exists for overwrite conflict.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+KUBECTL_PATH	?= $(if $(WORKSPACE),$(WORKSPACE)/bin,/usr/local/bin)
+kubectl-cmd		?= $(KUBECTL_PATH)/kubectl
+kubectl-ver-cmd	:= $(kubectl-cmd).$(kubectl-ver)
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 1) Generic target for installing kubectl
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+.PHONY: kubectl
+kubectl : $(kubectl-cmd) $(kubectl-version)
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 2) Activate by copying the version approved by voltha release into place.
+#    bin/kubectl.123
+#    bin/kubectl.456
+#    cp bin/kubectl.123 bin/kubectl
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+$(kubectl-cmd) : $(kubectl-ver-cmd)
+
+	$(call banner-enter,Target $@ (ver=$(kubectl-ver)))
+	ln -fns $< $@
+	$(call banner-leave,Target $@ (ver=$(kubectl-ver)))
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# 3) Intent: Download versioned kubectl into the local build directory
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# [NOTE] Remove --no-progress-meter switch for now, not supporte by
+#    curl in ubuntu 18.04-LTS.
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+$(kubectl-ver-cmd):
+
+#	$(call banner,(kubectl install: $(kubectl-ver)))
+	@echo "kubectl install: $(kubectl-ver)"
+
+	@mkdir --mode 0755 -p $(dir $@)
+
+	curl \
+	  --output $@ \
+	  --location "$(kube-url)"
+
+	@umask 0 && chmod 0555 $@
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Intent: Display command version
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# NOTE:
+#   - kubectl version requires connection to a running server.
+#   - use a simple display answer to avoid installation failure source
+# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+kubectl-version :
+
+	@echo
+	realpath --canonicalize-existing $(kubectl-cmd)
+
+	@echo
+	-$(kubectl-cmd) version
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Display target help
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+commands-help :: kubectl-help
+
+.PHONY: kubectl-help
+kubectl-help::
+	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'kubectl'       'Install the kubectl command'
+
+	@$(foreach ver,$(kubectl-versions),\
+	  @printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'kubectl-$(ver)' 'Install versioned kubectl' \
+	)
+
+	@printf '  %-33.33s %s\n' 'kubectl-version' \
+	  'Display installed command version'
+
+ifdef VERBOSE
+	@echo "                  make kubectl KUBECTL_PATH="
+endif
+
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+## Intent: Remove binaries to force clean download and install
+## -----------------------------------------------------------------------
+clean ::
+	$(RM) $(kubectl-cmd)
+
+sterile :: clean
+	$(RM) $(kubectl-ver-cmd)
+
+# [SEE ALSO]
+# https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/install-kubectl-linux/
+
+# [EOF]