In this article, I will show you how to install terraform in macOS Big Sur with Homebrew. Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as a code software tool that provides a consistent CLI workflow to manage hundreds of cloud services. Terraform codifies cloud APIs into declarative configuration files.
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Install terraform on macOS using Homebrew
First, we need to tap HashiCorp, a repository of all our Homebrew packages.
$ brew tap hashicorp/tap
Now let’s install terraform.
$ brew install terraform
Verify the installation
Now we have installed terraform, we can verify if it is working properly.
$ terraform -v
Terraform v0.14.4
Your version of Terraform is out of date! The latest version
is 0.14.8. You can update by downloading from https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html
Terraform Enable Tab Completion
If you use either bash or zsh you can enable tab completion for Terraform commands. To enable autocomplete, run the following command and then restart your shell.
$ terraform -install-autocomplete
Now the terraform has successfully installed you can start creating infrastructure as a code. Stay tuned for more terraform tutorials.