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
