What is Install Terraform
Install Terraform is a project that installs latest Terraform using Ansible This project started because I needed a fast way to check for new terraform versions, and got annoyed by all manual installation howTo’s so I decided to put it up for others to use. It’s very simple just clone the repository and run the command below and you have terraform on your system.
ansible-playbook install_or_update_terraform.yml
It works with most Linux distributions
AlmaLinux / Rocky Linux / Ubuntu / Debian / CentOS / Fedora / Arch Linux system etc.
About Terraform by HashiCorp
Terraform is an infrastructure as code (IaC) tool that allows you to build, change, and version infrastructure safely and efficiently. This includes low-level components such as compute instances, storage, and networking, as well as high-level components such as DNS entries, SaaS features, etc. Terraform can manage both existing service providers and custom in-house solutions.
Key Features of Terraform Infrastructure as Code You describe your infrastructure using Terraform’s high-level configuration language in human-readable, declarative configuration files. This allows you to create a blueprint that you can version, share, and reuse.
Execution Plans Terraform generates an execution plan describing what it will do and asks for your approval before making any infrastructure changes. This allows you to review changes before Terraform creates, updates, or destroys infrastructure.
Resource Graph Terraform builds a resource graph and creates or modifies non-dependent resources in parallel. This allows Terraform to build resources as efficiently as possible and gives you greater insight into your infrastructure.
Change Automation Terraform can apply complex changesets to your infrastructure with minimal human interaction. When you update configuration files, Terraform determines what changed and creates incremental execution plans that respect dependencies.
Getting Started
Clone project
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git clone https://github.com/J-SirL/install_terraform.git
Change to project folder
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cd install_terraform/PlayBooks
Inventory
Either create a [terraform] group in the inventory or change hosts to all in playbook
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[terraform]
# use fqdn or the ip address of the system where you want to install terraform
terraformclient.example.com
Run it with ansible-playbook
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ansible-playbook install_or_update_terraform.yml
Alternatively run it with a speciffic inventory file
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ansible-playbook -i inventory install_or_update_terraform.yml