How to install Terraform

To get started with Terraform, it’s important to understand how to properly install and manage the Terraform installation. Installing Terraform can be challenging, but there are many online resources available to guide you through the process, including the official Terraform documentation. Terraform is distributed as a binary package by HashiCorp, and it can also be installed using popular package managers. Installing Terraform is the first step to creating your first project on Terraform.

Let’s go over different installation methods next.

Manual installation

For manual installation, you have the choice of downloading a pre-compiled binary from the Terraform Downloads page, or compiling a binary from the source.

Pre-compiled binary

To install Terraform, you need to download the correct package for your operating system in the form of a ZIP archive. The appropriate package can be found by selecting your operating system on the Terraform...