Kubermatic Virtualization can be obtained using the Kubermatic EE Downloader, a dedicated CLI tool that authenticates against Kubermatic’s OCI registry and installs the binary for you.
The recommended way to get Kubermatic Virtualization is through the kubermatic-ee-downloader CLI tool. It handles authentication, artifact retrieval, and local installation in a single command.
The fastest way to install kubermatic-ee-downloader is to use the installation script:
curl -sfL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kubermatic/kubermatic-ee-downloader/main/install.sh | sh
The script will download and install the kubermatic-ee-downloader binary automatically — no additional setup is required.
The downloader requires a username and password to authenticate against Kubermatic’s OCI registry. To obtain your credentials, please contact sales@kubermatic.com
It is recommended to store your credentials as environment variables:
export KUBEV_USERNAME=<your-username>
export KUBEV_PASSWORD=<your-password>
You can check what tools and versions provided by the downloader
kubermatic-ee-downloader list
TOOL VERSIONS OS ARCH DESCRIPTION
conformance-tester latest-cli, v2.30.0-beta.1-cli linux, darwin, windows amd64, arm64 Kubermatic conformance cli
kubermatic-virtualization latest, v1.1.0 linux amd64 Kubermatic Virtualization installer
Once your credentials are set, run the downloader to retrieve and install the latest release of Kubermatic Virtualization:
kubermatic-ee-downloader get kubermatic-virtualization --username $USERNAME --password $PASSWORD
The downloader will authenticate, pull the latest binary artifact from the OCI registry, and install it in the current working directory. A successful run produces output similar to the following:
INFO[2026-04-23T14:23:55+01:00] Downloading tool arch=amd64 os=linux output=. registry=quay.io/kubermatic/kubermatic-virtualization tool=kubermatic-virtualization version=v1.1.0
DEBU[2026-04-23T14:24:06+01:00] Manifest retrieved layers=1
INFO[2026-04-23T14:24:06+01:00] Downloading binary layer media_type=application/octet-stream size="79.15 MB"
INFO[2026-04-23T14:24:06+01:00] Download complete path=./kubermatic-virtualization
Once complete, the kubermatic-virtualization binary is ready to use in your current directory.
By default, the downloader fetches the latest available release. If you need a specific version, use the --version (or -V) flag:
kubermatic-ee-downloader --username $USERNAME --password $PASSWORD --version v1.1.0