Installing Terraform using a script on Linux

In this recipe, we will learn how to install Terraform on a Linux machine using a script.

Getting ready

To complete this recipe, the only prerequisites are that you are running a Linux operating system and that you have an unzip utility installed. The jq utility must be also installed, and you can install it by using the following command:

apt update && apt install jq

jq is a tool used to perform queries on any JSON content, the documentation is available at https://stedolan.github.io/jq/manual/.

How to do it…

Perform the following steps:

1. Open a command-line terminal and execute the following script:

   TERRAFORM_VERSION="1.3.2"
   RES=$(curl -sS https://api.releases.hashicorp.com/v1/releases/terraform/${TERRAFORM_VERSION})
   BINARY_URL=$(echo $RES | jq -r '.builds[] | select (.os == "linux" and .arch == "amd64") | .url')
   wget $ BINARY_URL...