Tye fails to resolve kubectl installation on Windows

Describe the bug

Tye fails to resolve the kubectl installation when kubectl is installed through the PowerShell script on Windows 10.

To Reproduce

1. Install kubectl through the PowerShell script -

> Install-Script -Name 'install-kubectl' -Scope CurrentUser -Force
> install-kubectl.ps1 

1. Verify kubectl installation

> kubectl version
Client Version: version.Info{Major:"1", Minor:"19", GitVersion:"v1.19.3", GitCommit:"1e11e4a2108024935ecfcb2912226cedeafd99df", GitTreeState:"clean", BuildDate:"2020-10-14T12:50:19Z", GoVersion:"go1.15.2", Compiler:"gc", Platform:"windows/amd64"}

1. install Tye dotnet tool install -g Microsoft.Tye --version "0.6.0-alpha.21070.5"

2. create a new project and add it to the solution -

> mkdir microservice
> cd microservice
> dotnet new razor -n frontend
> dotnet new sln
> dotnet sln add frontend

1. Try deploying the tye application tye deploy --interactive

2. Notice the error -

> tye deploy --interactive
Loading Application Details...
Verifying kubectl installation...
Drats! 'deploy' failed:
        Cannot apply manifests because kubectl is not installed.

Further technical details

• tye --version

> tye --version
0.6.0-alpha.21070.5+a42e4463943e3136dbd1de38474d8d62b802797c

• If possible rerun the command with -v debug and include the output

> tye deploy --interactive -v debug
Loading Application Details...
Restoring and evaluating projects
Resolved metadata for service backend at C:\Users\prsangli\source\repos\TyeDemo\microservice\backend\obj\Debug\net6.0\MicrosoftTye.ProjectMetadata.txt
Resolved metadata for service frontend at C:\Users\prsangli\source\repos\TyeDemo\microservice\frontend\obj\Debug\net6.0\MicrosoftTye.ProjectMetadata.txt
Restore and project evaluation took: 1651.1614ms
Found application version: 1.0.0
RunCommand=C:\Users\prsangli\source\repos\TyeDemo\microservice\backend\bin\Debug\net6.0\backend.exe
RunArguments=
TargetPath=C:\Users\prsangli\source\repos\TyeDemo\microservice\backend\bin\Debug\net6.0\backend.dll
PublishDir=bin\Debug\net6.0\publish\
AssemblyName=backend
IntermediateOutputPath=obj\Debug\net6.0\
Found target framework: net6.0
Parsed target framework name: net
Parsed target framework version: 6.0
Found shared frameworks: Microsoft.NETCore.App, Microsoft.AspNetCore.App
IsAspNet=True
Evaluation Took: 3.233ms
Found application version: 1.0.0
RunCommand=C:\Users\prsangli\source\repos\TyeDemo\microservice\frontend\bin\Debug\net6.0\frontend.exe
RunArguments=
TargetPath=C:\Users\prsangli\source\repos\TyeDemo\microservice\frontend\bin\Debug\net6.0\frontend.dll
PublishDir=bin\Debug\net6.0\publish\
AssemblyName=frontend
IntermediateOutputPath=obj\Debug\net6.0\
Found target framework: net6.0
Parsed target framework name: net
Parsed target framework version: 6.0
Found shared frameworks: Microsoft.NETCore.App, Microsoft.AspNetCore.App
IsAspNet=True
Evaluation Took: 1.0221ms
Verifying kubectl installation...
Drats! 'deploy' failed:
        Cannot apply manifests because kubectl is not installed.

• The platform (Linux/macOS/Windows) Windows

[angellaa]

Installing Docker Desktop and Enabling Kubernetes in the UI made the “tye deploy” to successfully detect kubectl

[andreatosato]

@angellaa Can you explain you case? I have installed minik8s and Docker Desktop with Kubernetes.

Where is “UI”?