Terraform

Terraform automates cloud infrastructure. It is an infrastructure as code tool.

Terraform is available for Windows, macOS, Linux and supports the Arm architecture.

Before you begin

General installation information is available which covers all supported operating systems.

This guide provides a quick solution to install Terraform for Ubuntu on Arm and macOS on Apple Silicon.

Confirm you are using an Arm machine by running:

    

        
        
uname -m

    

For Linux, the output should be:

    

        
        aarch64

        
    

For macOS, the output should be:

    

        
        arm64

        
    

Download and install Terraform for Ubuntu

The easiest way to install Terraform for Ubuntu on Arm is to use the zip file and copy the executable.

The installation options with the Ubuntu package manager at time of writing do not work well, but please try them as they may improve.

Make sure unzip, curl, and wget are available.

    

        
        
sudo apt install -y unzip curl wget

    

Download and install the latest version. There is just one executable to copy to the desired location.

    

        
        
TER_VER=`curl -s https://api.github.com/repos/hashicorp/terraform/releases/latest | grep tag_name | cut -d: -f2 | tr -d \"\,\v | awk '{$1=$1};1'`
wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/${TER_VER}/terraform_${TER_VER}_linux_arm64.zip
unzip terraform_${TER_VER}_linux_arm64.zip
sudo cp terraform /usr/local/bin/

    

Download and install Terraform for macOS

If you have brew installed, installing Terraform for macOS is simple as:

    

        
        
brew tap hashicorp/tap
brew install hashicorp/tap/terraform

    

If you don’t have brew installed or prefer to directly install via binary, you can download Terraform for ARM64 directly from the Terraform website.

Run the Terraform executable and print the version

After installing, you can enter the following command to verify the installation:

    

        
        
terraform version

    

The output will be similar to the output shown below.

For Linux:

    

        
        Terraform v1.10.5
on linux_arm64

        
    

For macOS:

    

        
        Terraform v1.10.5
on darwin_arm64

        
    

You are now ready to use Terraform.