Installing Hashicorp Terraform¶

Terraform Installation¶

Terraform can be installed via package manager on most Linux distros.
The Hashicorp repository must be added to install via package manager.

Debian-based Install¶

Quick setup¶

wget -O - https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg |
    sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install terraform

The repository can alternatively be added by using apt-key add and apt-add-repository:

curl -fsSL https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-add-repository "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture)] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main"
sudo apt update
sudo apt install terraform

Setup the hashicorp repositories (Debian-based)¶

Also see the official installation guide

Add the apt repository by downloading the GPG key, adding it to the keyring, then adding the appropriate repo.

Install dependencies¶

gnupg
software-properties-common
curl/wget

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gnupg software-properties-common

Install the HashiCorp GPG key¶

wget -O- https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg

Verify the key's fingerprint¶

gpg --no-default-keyring \

    --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg \
    --fingerprint

The gpg command will report the key fingerprint:

/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg

-------------------------------------------------
pub   rsa4096 XXXX-XX-XX [SC]
AAAA AAAA AAAA AAAA
uid           [ unknown] HashiCorp Security (HashiCorp Package Signing) <security+packaging@hashicorp.com>
sub   rsa4096 XXXX-XX-XX [E]

Add the official HashiCorp repository to your system.¶

Add the official HashiCorp repository to your system:

echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg] \
https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main" | 
    sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list

Install Terraform from the Hashicorp Repository¶

Download the package information from HashiCorp.

sudo apt update

Install Terraform from the new repository.

sudo apt-get install terraform

Do some basic checks to see that it is correctly setup.¶

Check where the system installed Terraform.
Check Terraform functionality.
Check where the system put Terraform binary.
```
which terraform
```
Verify Terraform functionality.
```
terraform -help
```
Make sure you look at some of the capabilities you have with Terraform.
Check Terraform subcommands
```
terraform -help plan
```

RedHat-based Install¶

Using Yum¶

Install dependencies:

sudo yum install -y yum-utils

Add the yum repository:

sudo yum-config-manager --add-repo https://rpm.releases.hashicorp.com/RHEL/hashicorp.repo

Install terraform:

sudo yum -y install terraform

Using DNF¶

curl https://rpm.releases.hashicorp.com/RHEL/hashicorp.repo |
    sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/hashicorp.repo
sudo dnf install -y terraform

tl;dr¶

Debian¶

# make sure gpg is present
sudo apt update && sudo apt install gpg

# add repository gpg key
wget -O- https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg

# verify key's fingerprint
gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg --fingerprint

# add hashicorp repo
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(grep -oP '(?<=UBUNTU_CODENAME=).*' /etc/os-release | lsb_release -cs) main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list