Install Terraform on an Ubuntu Server

| ubuntu | devops |

Terraform by Hashicorp is a powerful tool that you can use to manage your infrastructure as code. It is distributed as a single binary so getting it installed on Ubuntu is a breeze.

  1. Assuming you are on a "standard" computer or server. From the downloads page copy the URL for the 64-bit Linux package. At the time of writing this was: https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/0.11.7/terraform_0.11.7_linux_amd64.zip
  2. SSH into your ubuntu server and execute wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/0.11.7/terraform_0.11.7_linux_amd64.zip
  3. Unzip this file (you may need to install the unzip package with sudo apt-get install unzip)
  4. Move the file to the /usr/local/bin directory with sudo mv terraform /usr/local/bin/
You can confirm that this works by typing in terraform -version in your terminal. Your output should look something like this.
ubuntu@ip-172-26-5-139:~$ terraform -version
Terraform v0.11.7
You should now be able to execute the terraform command from anywhere and manage your infrastructure as code.

Thank you for reading! Share your thoughts with me on bluesky, mastodon, or via email.

Check out some more stuff to read down below.

Most popular posts this month

Recent Favorite Blog Posts

This is a collection of the last 8 posts that I bookmarked.

Articles from blogs I follow around the net

One Year of Lifting Weights

We visited Portugal last year. I still remember how heavy the luggage felt that we had with us: 2 suitcases, weighing around 20 kg each. One year later, I now joke about that, and laugh, whenever I tell anyone about it. I didn’t think much of it at the tim…

via ttntm.me - Blog August 1, 2025

Secret Cinema - Grease

I was lucky enough to score tickets to last-night's dress rehearsal. It would be unfair to review this like a completed show, instead this is a preview on what to expect and some thoughts on the "immersive" genre. Very mild spoilers ahead. …

via Terence Eden’s Blog August 1, 2025

P&B: Emma Goto

This is the 101st edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Emma Goto and her blog, emgoto.com To follow this series subscribe to the newsletter. A new int…

via Manuel Moreale August 1, 2025

Generated by openring