First, install the HashiCorp tap, a repository of all our Homebrew packages.

$ brew tap hashicorp/tap$ brew tap hashicorp/tap

Now, install Terraform with hashicorp/tap/terraform

$ brew install hashicorp/tap/terraform

To update to the latest version of Terraform, first update Homebrew.

$ brew update

Then, run the upgrade command to download and use the latest Terraform version.

$ brew upgrade hashicorp/tap/terraform

To verify Terraform installation

$ terraform -help

Add any subcommand to terraform -help to learn more about what it does and available options.

$ terraform -help plan

To enable auto complete (Bash shell)

$ touch ~/.bashrc
$ terraform -install-autocomplete

https://learn.hashicorp.com/tutorials/terraform/install-cli

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gnupg software-properties-common curl

Add the HashiCorp GPG key.

$ curl -fsSL https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | sudo apt-key add -

Add the official HashiCorp Linux repository.

$  sudo apt-add-repository "deb [arch=amd64] https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com $(lsb_release -cs) main"

Update to add the repository, and install the Terraform CLI.

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install terraform

$ choco install terraform

Change Directory to examples directory

$ cd examples/1_local-setup-mac-linux

If you are on Mac Start Docker Desktop

$ open -a Docker

Initialize the Terraform

$ terraform init

Apply Terraform IaC

$ terraform apply

Test the 1st Terraform IaC, Write the following URL in your browser

http://localhost:8000

You will see the following Data in the browser

If you can see Welcome to NGINX on your browser - then Congrats - Your 1st IaC is working!!!

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Authors

• Deepali Arvind
• Araf Karsh Hamid