Installing Terraform on FreeBSD Latest

In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Terraform on FreeBSD Latest. Terraform is an open-source software tool that allows you to create, manage, and update infrastructure as code. It is used to manage cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, and GCP.

Prerequisites

• A FreeBSD Latest machine with a non-root user account with sudo privileges.
• Basic command-line knowledge.

Installing Terraform

1. Open your terminal and update your system packages. Run the following command:

sudo pkg update && sudo pkg upgrade -y

2. Now, install the unzip package:

sudo pkg install -y unzip

3. Next, download the latest version of Terraform from the official download page:

wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.0.8/terraform_1.0.8_freebsd_amd64.zip

4. Once the download is completed, extract the downloaded file using the following command:

unzip terraform_1.0.8_freebsd_amd64.zip -d /usr/local/bin/

5. Then, give executable permissions to the terraform binary:

chmod +x /usr/local/bin/terraform

6. You can now verify that Terraform is installed by checking the version:

terraform version

If everything has been installed correctly, this command will display the current Terraform version.

Conclusion

We have successfully installed Terraform on FreeBSD Latest by following these simple steps. Now you can start writing Terraform scripts to manage your infrastructure as code.

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