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Install Terraform
Terraform must first be installed on your machine. Terraform is distributed as a binary package for all supported platforms and architecture. This page will not cover how to compile Terraform from source.
Installing Terraform
To install Terraform, find the appropriate package for your system and download it. Terraform is packaged as a zip archive.
After downloading Terraform, unzip the package into a directory where
Terraform will be installed. The directory will contain a set of binary
programs, such as terraform, terraform-provider-aws, etc. The final
step is to make sure the directory you installed Terraform to is on the
PATH. See
this page
for instructions on setting the PATH on Linux and Mac.
This page
contains instructions for setting the PATH on Windows.
Verifying the Installation
After installing Terraform, verify the installation worked by opening a new
terminal session and checking that terraform is available. By executing
terraform you should see help output similar to that below:
$ terraform
usage: terraform [--version] [--help] <command> [<args>]
Available commands are:
apply Builds or changes infrastructure
destroy Destroy Terraform-managed infrastructure
get Download and install modules for the configuration
graph Create a visual graph of Terraform resources
init Initializes Terraform configuration from a module
output Read an output from a state file
plan Generate and show an execution plan
refresh Update local state file against real resources
remote Configure remote state storage
show Inspect Terraform state or plan
taint Manually mark a resource for recreation
version Prints the Terraform version
If you get an error that terraform could not be found, then your PATH
environment variable was not setup properly. Please go back and ensure
that your PATH variable contains the directory where Terraform was installed.
Otherwise, Terraform is installed and ready to go! Nice!
Next Step
Time to build infrastructure using a minimal Terraform configuration file. You will be able to examine Terraform's execution plan before you deploy it to AWS.