Install Terraform on Windows, Linux and Mac OS

Step-by-step tutorial of how to download and install Terraform on Windows, Linux and Mac OS.

Terraform is distributed as a binary package for all supported platforms and architectures and must first be installed on your machine.

Check out the releases CHANGELOG for more information on the latest release and choose the version that is required for your Operating System and your project. If you just getting started with Terraform , I suggest you to get the latest release.

Download Terraform

You can download a version of Terraform from the releases service.

Install Terraform – Windows

Download terraform for windows
- Note: Terraform is packaged as a zip archive, so after downloading Terraform, unzip the package. Terraform runs as a single binary named terraform. Any other files in the package can be safely removed and Terraform will still function
Copy files from the zip to “c:\terraform” for example. That’s our terraform PATH.
The final step is to make sure that the terraform binary is available on the PATH.

General Information

The PATH is the system variable that your operating system uses to locate needed executables from the command line or Terminal window.
The PATH system variable can be set using System Utility in control panel on Windows, or in your shell’s startup file on Linux.

Windows 10 and Windows 8

In Search, search for and then select: System (Control Panel)
Click the System and Security link.
Click the System link.
Click the Advanced system settings link.
Click Environment Variables. In the section System Variables, find the PATH environment variable and select it. Click Edit. If the PATH environment variable does not exist, click New.
In the Edit System Variable (or New System Variable) window, append at the end of the PATH environment variable the value of terraform path ex.”c:\terraform;” . Click OK. Close all remaining windows by clicking OK.
Reopen Command prompt window, and run terraform.

Windows 7

From the desktop, right click the Computer icon.
Choose Properties from the context menu.
Click the Advanced system settings link.
Click Environment Variables. In the section System Variables, find the PATH environment variable and select it. Click Edit. If the PATH environment variable does not exist, click New.
In the Edit System Variable (or New System Variable) window, append at the end of the PATH environment variable the value of terraform path ex.”c:\terraform;” . Click OK. Close all remaining windows by clicking OK.
Reopen Command prompt window, and run terraform.

Windows XP

Select Start, select Control Panel. double click System, and select the Advanced tab.
Click Environment Variables. In the section System Variables, find the PATH environment variable and select it. Click Edit. If the PATH environment variable does not exist, click New.
In the Edit System Variable (or New System Variable) window, append at the end of the PATH environment variable the value of terraform path ex.”c:\terraform;” . Click OK. Close all remaining windows by clicking OK.
Reopen Command prompt window, and run terraform.

Install Terraform – Linux

Download terraform for linux

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$ wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/0.xx.x/terraform_0.xx.x_linux_amd64.zip
- Note: Terraform is packaged as a zip archive, so after downloading Terraform, unzip the package. Terraform runs as a single binary named terraform. Any other files in the package can be safely removed and Terraform will still function
Install unzip

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$ sudo apt-get install unzip
Unzip and set path.

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$ unzip terraform_0.11.1_linux_amd64.zip

$ sudo mv terraform /usr/local/bin/

Install Terraform – Mac OS

The easiest and quickest way to install Terraform is using Homebrew.

1	$ brew install terraform

Or Manually if the latest version is not ideal for your needs.

Download terraform for macos
- Note: Terraform is packaged as a zip archive, so after downloading Terraform, unzip the package. Terraform runs as a single binary named terraform. Any other files in the package can be safely removed and Terraform will still function
Extract files from the zip to “$HOME/Downloads/terraform” for example.
The final step is to make sure that the terraform binary is available on the PATH.
Copy binary to a place in the path such as /usr/local/bin/terraform

1	$ cp $HOME/Downloads/terraform /usr/local/bin/

Verify Install

When you’re done, you should be able to run the terraform command and get the usage information:

Arduino

$ terraform

Usage: terraform [--version] [--help] <command> [args]

The available commands for execution are listed below.

The most common, useful commands are shown first, followed by

less common or more advanced commands. If you're just getting

started with Terraform, stick with the common commands. For the

other commands, please read the help and docs before usage.

Common commands:

apply Builds or changes infrastructure

console Interactive console for Terraform interpolations

destroy Destroy Terraform-managed infrastructure

env Workspace management

fmt Rewrites config files to canonical format

get Download and install modules for the configuration

graph Create a visual graph of Terraform resources

import Import existing infrastructure into Terraform

init Initialize a Terraform working directory

output Read an output from a state file

plan Generate and show an execution plan

providers Prints a tree of the providers used in the configuration

push Upload this Terraform module to Atlas to run

refresh Update local state file against real resources

show Inspect Terraform state or plan

taint Manually mark a resource for recreation

untaint Manually unmark a resource as tainted

validate Validates the Terraform files

version Prints the Terraform version

workspace Workspace management

All other commands:

debug Debug output management (experimental)

force-unlock Manually unlock the terraform state

state Advanced state management

Link: https://www.vasos-koupparis.com/terraform-getting-started-install/