Terraform Installations
In this blog, We are going to install terraform in the Ubuntu operating system.
Ensure that your system is up to date, and you have the gnupg, software-properties-common, and curl packages installed. You will use these packages to verify HashiCorp's GPG signature, and install HashiCorp's Debian package repository.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gnupg software-properties-common curl
Add the HashiCorp GPG key.
curl -fsSL https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
Add the official HashiCorp Linux repository.
sudo apt-add-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main"
Update to add the repository, and install the Terraform CLI.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install terraform
Verify the installation
Verify that the installation worked by opening a new terminal session and listing Terraform's available subcommands.
$ terraform -help
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.
##...
Add any subcommand to terraform -help to learn more about what it does and available options.
terraform -help