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Terraform

What is Terraform?

Last updated: 04 Jun, 2025


 Terraform is an open-source Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tool created by HashiCorp. It lets you define and provision infrastructure using a high-level configuration language called HCL (HashiCorp Configuration Language).

 You can manage: AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes, GitHub, Datadog, etc.

Install Terraform

✅ Prerequisites:

  • Install Terraform CLI
  • Initialize project directory

terraform -help

terraform version

✅ Check it's working:

mkdir terraform-first

cd terraform-first

terraform init