Introduction

In this post we will learn how to install terraform on linux operating system. Terraform is open source Infrastructure As Code (IaC) automation tool.In other words, for infrastructure as code you can use terraform. It works basically with providers like aws, azure, vmware etc. Due to hypbrid network like cloud and on premises network, terraform is playing a instrumental role.

This post will help you to install the terraform.

Install Terraform on CentOS/RHEL system

Follow the given below steps to install terraform.

Install wget and unzip

sudo yum install wget unzip

Download terraform package

We will strongly suggest to always download and use latest package. Visit to terraform website to download terraform latest package.

wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/0.11.8/terraform_0.11.8_linux_amd64.zip

Unzip the downloaded package

By using unzip command, it will extract one binary file called ‘terraform’

unzip terraform_0.11.8_linux_amd64.zip 

Copy unzipped terraform file to /usr/local/bin

sudo cp terraform /usr/local/bin

Executable permission to terraform script

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/terraform

Check terraform version

Because we have copied the binary file to /usr/local/bin, the terraform command is available. You can check its absolute path by using command which terraform

The below command will show the version of terraform.

terraform --version 

Install Terraform on Ubuntu/Debian system

Follow the given below steps to install terraform on Ubuntu or Debian based Operating System.

Install wget and unzip package

sudo apt-get install wget unzip

Download terraform package

Visit to terraform website and download terraform latest package.

wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/0.11.8/terraform_0.11.8_linux_amd64.zip

Unzip the downloaded package.

unzip terraform_0.11.8_linux_amd64.zip 

Copy unzipped terraform file to /usr/local/bin

sudo cp terraform /usr/local/bin

Executable permission to terraform script

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/terraform

Because terraform extracted file copied to /usr/local/bin, the terraform command is available. Check the absolute path by command which terraform

Check terraform version

Check the version of terraform by given below command.

terraform --version