Terraform Tutorials: Installation & Configurations

How to install terraform in windows?

Step – 1 – Download a Terraform from https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/downloads

Step – 2 – Extract it into C:\tools\hashicorp\terraform [ filename – terraform.exe ]

Step – 3 – ADD “C:\tools\hashicorp\terraform” into PATH.

Step – 4 – open a cmd and run

$ terraform

Step – 5 – open a cmd and run

$ terraform version

How to add “C:\tools\terraform” in environment variable of cmd and powershell using command

# CMD
$ set PATH "%PATH%;C:\tools\terraform";
$ setx PATH "%PATH%;C:\tools\terraform" /M

setx: Command to set environment variables.
PATH: The name of the environment variable you want to modify.
"%PATH%;C:\tools\terraform": Appends the specified directory to the existing PATH variable.
/M: Sets the variable at the system (machine) level.

# Powerpoint
$ [System.Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", $env:PATH + ";C:\tools\terraform", [System.EnvironmentVariableTarget]::Machine)

This PowerShell command appends "C:\tools\terraform" to the existing PATH variable at the machine level.Code language: PHP (php)

How to install terraform in Ubuntu?

$ wget -O- https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg

$ echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list

$ sudo apt update && sudo apt install terraform

$ terraform
$ terraform versionCode language: PHP (php)

How to install terraform in RHEL/Centos?

$ sudo yum install -y yum-utils
$ sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://rpm.releases.hashicorp.com/RHEL/hashicorp.repo
$ sudo yum -y install terraform
$ terraform
$ terraform version
Code language: JavaScript (javascript)

How to install terraform in Linux Manually

$ wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.4.4/terraform_1.4.4_linux_amd64.zip
$ unzip terraform_1.0.2_linux_amd64.zip
$ chmod 755 terraform
$ mv terraform /usr/local/bin
$ terraform
$ terraform versionCode language: JavaScript (javascript)

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