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How to Install Terraform on Zorin OS 17 - Complete Step-by-Step Guide

Step-by-step guide to install Terraform on Zorin OS 17. Install HashiCorp Terraform using apt, verify the installation, and configure your first project.

LLuca Berton2 min read
How to Install Terraform on Zorin OS 17 - Complete Step-by-Step Guide

Introduction

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Terraform is the industry-standard Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool for provisioning and managing cloud resources. This guide shows you how to install Terraform on Zorin OS 17 in under 5 minutes.

Prerequisites

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  • A Zorin OS 17 system (physical or virtual machine)
  • Root or sudo access
  • An active internet connection

Install Terraform on Zorin OS 17

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gnupg software-properties-common
 
wget -O- https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com/gpg | \
  sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg
 
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/hashicorp-archive-keyring.gpg] \
  https://apt.releases.hashicorp.com jammy main" | \
  sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/hashicorp.list
 
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install terraform

Verify the Installation

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terraform -version

Expected output:

Terraform v1.12.x
on linux_amd64

Enable Tab Completion

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terraform -install-autocomplete
source ~/.bashrc

Alternative: Install from Binary

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TERRAFORM_VERSION=$(curl -s https://checkpoint-api.hashicorp.com/v1/check/terraform | grep -oP '"current_version":"\K[^"]+')
wget "https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/${TERRAFORM_VERSION}/terraform_${TERRAFORM_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip"
unzip "terraform_${TERRAFORM_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip"
sudo mv terraform /usr/local/bin/
terraform -version

Alternative: Install with tfenv

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git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/tfutils/tfenv.git ~/.tfenv
echo 'export PATH="$HOME/.tfenv/bin:$PATH"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
tfenv install latest
tfenv use latest

Your First Terraform Project

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mkdir ~/terraform-demo && cd ~/terraform-demo
cat > main.tf << 'EOF'
terraform {
  required_providers {
    local = {
      source  = "hashicorp/local"
      version = "~> 2.0"
    }
  }
}
 
resource "local_file" "hello" {
  content  = "Hello from Terraform on Zorin OS 17!"
  filename = "${path.module}/hello.txt"
}
EOF
 
terraform init
terraform apply -auto-approve
cat hello.txt

Upgrade Terraform

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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade terraform

Uninstall Terraform

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sudo apt-get remove terraform

Next Steps

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