Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code tool that provides a simple and easy way to manage infrastructure resources, such as virtual machines, containers, storage, and networking, on popular cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, Azure, and more.
In this tutorial, we'll walk through the steps to install Terraform on Elementary OS.
Before proceeding with the installation of Terraform, you need to have:
To download the Terraform binary for your OS, go to the official Terraform download page or run the following command to download the latest version:
curl -LO https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.0.9/terraform_1.0.9_linux_amd64.zip
Note: Replace 1.0.9 with the latest version number.
The Terraform binary is compressed in a ZIP file, so you need to install the unzip utility to extract the file. Use the following command to install it:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install unzip -y
Extract the downloaded Terraform binary using the following command:
unzip terraform_1.0.9_linux_amd64.zip -d /usr/local/bin/
Note: Replace terraform_1.0.9_linux_amd64.zip and /usr/local/bin with the appropriate filenames and destination folders.
Once the Terraform binary is installed, we can verify the installation by running the following command:
terraform --version
If the installation is successful, you should see the version number of Terraform installed.
In this tutorial, we have seen how to install Terraform on Elementary OS Latest. By installing Terraform on your system, you can easily automate and manage your cloud infrastructure resources.
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