Installing Terraform

Windows §

1. Downloading Terraform First, I head over to the official Terraform website to grab the latest version. In the downloads section, I select the Windows_AMD64 option, since that matches my system’s architecture. Clicking the link initiates the download of a .zip file.

2. Extracting the Terraform Executable Once the download finishes, I find the .zip file in my Downloads folder. I right-click on it and choose Extract All..., which reveals the terraform.exe within. I decide to keep it simple and leave terraform.exe right there in the Downloads folder for now.

3. Setting Up the Environment Variable Add.Edit Environment Variables (Windows)

4. Testing the Terraform Command To check if everything’s working, I open a new Command Prompt window and type terraform --version.

Success

Refresh the Variable §

$env:PATH = [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "User") + ";" + [System.Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "Machine")

Linux §

Went to terraform.io Mention how to launch and connect to EC2 to install terraform. Mention PuTTY

curl -O <URL to 64Bit Linux Download>
unzip terraform.zip
mv terraform /usr/local/bin
terraform --version

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