Terraform

Setup Terraform

First, install the HashiCorp tap, a repository of all our Homebrew packages.

$ brew tap hashicorp/tap$ brew tap hashicorp/tap

Now, install Terraform with hashicorp/tap/terraform

$ brew install hashicorp/tap/terraform

To update to the latest version of Terraform, first update Homebrew.

$ brew update

Then, run the upgrade command to download and use the latest Terraform version.

$ brew upgrade hashicorp/tap/terraform

To verify Terraform installation

$ terraform -help

Add any subcommand to terraform -help to learn more about what it does and available options.

$ terraform -help plan

To enable auto complete (Bash shell)

$ touch ~/.bashrc
$ terraform -install-autocomplete

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

Add the HashiCorp GPG key.

$ curl -fsSL https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

Add the official HashiCorp Linux repository.

$  sudo apt-add-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main"

Update to add the repository, and install the Terraform CLI.

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install terraform

$ choco install terraform

Change Directory to examples directory

$ cd examples/1_local-setup-mac-linux

If you are on Mac Start Docker Desktop

$ open -a Docker

Initialize the Terraform

$ terraform init

Apply Terraform IaC

$ terraform apply

Test the 1st Terraform IaC, Write the following URL in your browser

You will see the following Data in the browser

If you can see Welcome to NGINX on your browser - then Congrats - Your 1st IaC is working!!!

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