Installing Hashicorp Terraform¶

These notes were sourced from het_tanis' Killercoda lab and the Hashicorp Terraform documentation.

Table of Contents¶

Terraform Installation
- Debian-based Install
- Install Terraform from the Hashicorp Repository
Do some basic checks to see that it is correctly setup.
- RHEL-based install
  - Using Yum
  - Using DNF
tl;dr
- Debian
Resources

Terraform Installation¶

Debian-based Install¶

Setup the hashicorp repositories (Debian-based)¶

See the docs

Install dependencies:¶

gnupg
software-properties-common
curl

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
```

RHEL-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

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

Resources¶

Official Packaging Guide