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Local dev setup

Get your laptop ready. The rest of Chiron assumes these tools are on your PATH.

Required for every provider

Tool Minimum Install
Python 3.11 https://www.python.org/downloads/
Terraform 1.15 https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/install
Helm 3.15 https://helm.sh/docs/intro/install/
tflint 0.55 https://github.com/terraform-linters/tflint#installation
kubectl 1.30 https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/

Provider CLI + Python SDK

Official docs verified 2026-08-08

CLI:

# Azure CLI
curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash    # Debian/Ubuntu
brew install azure-cli                                    # macOS

# kubectl comes with az on demand:
az aks install-cli

# Azure CLI (same as K8s path)
curl -sL https://aka.ms/InstallAzureCLIDeb | sudo bash
brew install azure-cli

# Azure Functions Core Tools (Serverless-only)
npm install -g azure-functions-core-tools@4 --unsafe-perm true

Python SDK:

pip install azure-identity==1.25.3 azure-mgmt-resource

Official docs verified 2026-08-08

CLI:

# gcloud CLI
curl https://sdk.cloud.google.com | bash
exec -l $SHELL
gcloud init

# GKE auth plugin (required for kubectl to talk to GKE)
gcloud components install gke-gcloud-auth-plugin

# gcloud CLI (same as K8s path)
curl https://sdk.cloud.google.com | bash
exec -l $SHELL
gcloud init

# Optional: Functions Framework for local Cloud Run/Functions dev.
pip install functions-framework

Python SDK:

pip install google-auth google-cloud-storage

Official docs verified 2026-08-08

CLI:

# AWS CLI v2
curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o awscliv2.zip
unzip awscliv2.zip && sudo ./aws/install

# eksctl (recommended for EKS bootstrapping)
curl --silent --location "https://github.com/eksctl-io/eksctl/releases/latest/download/eksctl_$(uname -s)_amd64.tar.gz" \
  | tar xz -C /tmp
sudo mv /tmp/eksctl /usr/local/bin

# AWS CLI v2 (same as K8s path)
curl "https://awscli.amazonaws.com/awscli-exe-linux-x86_64.zip" -o awscliv2.zip
unzip awscliv2.zip && sudo ./aws/install

# AWS SAM CLI (Lambda/App Runner local dev)
pip install aws-sam-cli

Python SDK:

pip install boto3

Verify

python --version
terraform version
helm version
tflint --version
kubectl version --client

You're ready. Next up: Credentials & auth.