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Getting started with terraform and AWS

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Biswambar Pradhan

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Last updated: February 14, 2024

Installation

To use Terraform you will need to install it. HashiCorp distributes Terraform as a binary package. You can also install Terraform using popular package managers.

Windows

Download Windows binary from source and install manually by running terraform.exe file. In Windows terrform can also be installed using Chocoloate package manager.

Terminal window
choco install terraform

Mac using homebrew

Terminal window
brew tap hashicorp/tap

install terraform

Terminal window
brew install hashicorp/tap/terraform

Verify installation

Verify that the installation worked by opening a new terminal session and listing Terraform’s available subcommands.

Terminal window
terraform -help

Create IAM User in console

  1. Log in to aws console and open IAM page IAM

  2. Open Users tab and select Create User. Create New User

  3. Go next. In Set permissions tab select Attach policies directly and search for AdministratorAccess in the list and then click Select User

    Attach admin Policy

  4. Go to the selected User and select Security Credentials Tab. Select Create Access Keys and select Command Line Interface (CLI) and go next

    Create Access Keys

    Select CLI