Installing Terraform on Linux

This guide will walk you through the steps of installing Terraform on Linux.

Red Hat Based Versions	7.x \| 8.x \| 9.x
Ubuntu Versions	18.x \| 20.x \| 22.x

Red Hat Based Distributions

Install the required packages.
```
sudo yum install unzip wget -y
```

Download the latest Terraform package for Linux from the Terraform website. The download URL may differ depending on the version you want to install. Check Terraform's releases page for the latest version.

if [[ $(uname -m) == "x86_64" ]]; then
  wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.4.6/terraform_1.4.6_linux_amd64.zip
elif [[ $(uname -m) == "arm64" ]]; then
  wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.4.6/terraform_1.4.6_linux_arm64.zip
else
  echo "Unsupported architecture"
fi

Unzip the Terraform package.
```
unzip terraform_1.4.6_linux_amd64.zip
```
Move the Terraform binary to the /usr/local/bin directory.
```
sudo mv terraform /usr/local/bin/
```
Verify that Terraform has been installed successfully.
```
terraform version
```
You should see the version number of Terraform that you just installed.

Ubuntu Based Distributions

Update your system's package manager.
```
sudo apt update
```
Install the required packages.
```
    sudo apt install unzip wget -y
```

if [[ $(uname -m) == "x86_64" ]]; then
  wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.4.6/terraform_1.4.6_linux_amd64.zip
elif [[ $(uname -m) == "arm64" ]]; then
  wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/1.4.6/terraform_1.4.6_linux_arm64.zip
else
  echo "Unsupported architecture"
fi

Unzip the Terraform package.
```
unzip terraform_1.4.6_linux_amd64.zip
```
Move the Terraform binary to the /usr/local/bin directory.
```
sudo mv terraform /usr/local/bin/
```
Verify that Terraform has been installed successfully.
```
terraform version
```

You should see the version number of Terraform that you just installed.

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