Installing Terraform on macOS

Terraform is an open source tool for building, changing, and managing infrastructure as code. In this tutorial, we'll cover how to install Terraform on macOS.

Prerequisites

Before we begin, ensure that you have the following prerequisites properly installed:

• macOS
• Homebrew

Step 1: Update Homebrew

Firstly, make sure that Homebrew is up-to-date by running the command below in your terminal:

brew update

Step 2: Install Terraform

After updating Homebrew run the command below to install Terraform:

brew install terraform

Step 3: Verify the installation

To verify that Terraform has been successfully installed, run the command below to check the version of Terraform:

terraform -v

You should see a message that displays the Terraform version information.

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Terraform on your macOS system. You can now create your first Terraform configuration file and use it to build, change and manage your infrastructure as code.