Terraform

Terraform is an open-source infrastructure as code software tool created by HashiCorp. Users define and provision data Center infrastructure using a declarative configuration language known as HashiCorp Configuration Language, or optionally JSON.

Terraform codifies cloud APIs into declarative configuration files. This enables infrastructure automation workflows that describe the desired state of infrastructure as code, and then apply the desired state to real resources.

Terraform can manage infrastructure on many different public and private cloud providers, as well as on-premises systems.

Here are some of the benefits of using Terraform:

●        Efficiency: Terraform can help you to automate the provisioning of infrastructure, which can save you some and money.

●        Consistency: Terraform can help you to ensure that your infrastructure is consistent across environments, which can help to improve reliability & security.

●        Reliability: Terraform can help you to create infrastructure that is reliable and can withstand failures.

●        Security: Terraform can help you to create infrastructure that is secure and compliant with your security policies

How to Install Terraform on MacOS

Installing Terraform on MacOS is possible via the zipped file with the Terraform binary and via the official HashiCorp repository. The repository contains other non-Terraform HashiCorp products you can install later.

Install Terraform on MacOS from Repository

brew tap hashicorp/tap

brew install hashicorp/tap/terraform