Terraform is a tool for creating and changing infrastructure quickly and efficiently. Terraform can manage existing and popular service providers as well as custom in-house solutions.
Official website : https://www.terraform.io/
Chocolatey is a package manager for Windows that aims to automate the entire software lifecycle from install through upgrade and removal on Windows operating systems.
Official website: https://chocolatey.org/
Chocolatey installation
Know the Requirements:
- Windows 7+ / Windows Server 2003+
- PowerShell v2+ (minimum is v3 for install from this website due to TLS 1.2 requirement)
- .NET Framework 4+ (the installation will attempt to install .NET 4.0 if you do not have it installed)(minimum is 4.5 for install from this website due to TLS 1.2 requirement)
Steps:
- Open PowerShell cmd as Administrator
- Type the following command and press Enter:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))- Wait for command to complete
- Check that chocolatey is installed:
C:\WINDOWS\system32>choco version
Chocolatey v0.10.15
DEPRECATION NOTICE - choco version command is deprecated and will be
removed in version 1.0.0. Please use `choco upgrade pkgname --noop`
instead.
_ Chocolatey:ChocolateyVersionCommand - Noop Mode _
chocolatey v0.10.15 is the latest version available based on your source(s).
Chocolatey can upgrade 0/1 packages.
See the log for details (C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\logs\chocolatey.log).
Terraform installation
- Open cmd as Administrator
- Run the following command and press Enter
choco install -y terraform- Wait for command to finish
- Check that terraform is installed :
C:\WINDOWS\system32>terraform
Usage: terraform [-version] [-help] <command> [args]
The available commands for execution are listed below.
The most common, useful commands are shown first, followed by
less common or more advanced commands. If you're just getting
started with Terraform, stick with the common commands. For the
other commands, please read the help and docs before usage.
Common commands:
apply Builds or changes infrastructure
console Interactive console for Terraform interpolations
destroy Destroy Terraform-managed infrastructure
env Workspace management
fmt Rewrites config files to canonical format
get Download and install modules for the configuration
graph Create a visual graph of Terraform resources
import Import existing infrastructure into Terraform
init Initialize a Terraform working directory
login Obtain and save credentials for a remote host
logout Remove locally-stored credentials for a remote host
output Read an output from a state file
plan Generate and show an execution plan
providers Prints a tree of the providers used in the configuration
refresh Update local state file against real resources
show Inspect Terraform state or plan
taint Manually mark a resource for recreation
untaint Manually unmark a resource as tainted
validate Validates the Terraform files
version Prints the Terraform version
workspace Workspace management
All other commands:
0.12upgrade Rewrites pre-0.12 module source code for v0.12
debug Debug output management (experimental)
force-unlock Manually unlock the terraform state
push Obsolete command for Terraform Enterprise legacy (v1)
state Advanced state management
Now, terraform is installed and you can start to manage your infrastructure. Check the official website for documentation.
Have fun.