# Terraform

## About this Install Guide

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| Last updated:       | 4 Aug 2026           |
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This guide shows you how to install and use the tool with the most common configuration. For advanced options and complete reference information, see the official documentation. Some install guides also include optional next steps to help you explore related workflows or integrations.

Terraform automates cloud infrastructure. It is an infrastructure as code (IaC) tool.

Terraform is available for Windows, macOS, Linux and supports the Arm architecture. For general installation information that covers all supported operating systems, see the [Terraform documentation](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/downloads).

In this guide, you’ll learn how to install Terraform for Ubuntu on Arm and macOS on Apple Silicon.

## Before you begin

Confirm you are using an Arm machine by running:

```
uname -m
```

For Linux, the output should be:

```
__output__ aarch64
```

For macOS, the output should be:

```
__output__ arm64
```

## Download and install Terraform for Ubuntu

To install Terraform for Ubuntu on Arm, use a zip file and copy the executable.

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](https://brew.sh/) installed, you can use it to install Terraform for macOS with the following commands:

```
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](https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/install#darwin) directly from the Terraform website.

## Verify Terraform installation

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

```
terraform version
```

The output for Linux is similar to:

```
__output__ Terraform v1.15.8
__output__ on linux_arm64
```

The output for macOS is similar to:

```
__output__ Terraform v1.15.8
__output__ on darwin_arm64
```

## Next steps

You are now ready to use Terraform. You can explore Learning Paths to work with Terraform on Arm, such as [Deploy Arm virtual machines on Google Cloud Platform (GCP) using Terraform](https://learn.arm.com/learning-paths/servers-and-cloud-computing/gcp/) and [Deploy Arm instances on AWS using Terraform](https://learn.arm.com/learning-paths/servers-and-cloud-computing/aws-terraform/).