Before you can use the simple template language of Terraform to define, preview, and
deploy cloud infrastructure, you must install and configure Terraform.
Procedure
- Download a software package suitable for your operating system from the official Terraform website.
- Decompress the package to the /usr/local/bin directory.
If you want to extract the executable file into another directory when you decompress
the package, you must set an environment variable for the file by using one of the
following methods:
- Run the
terraform
command to verify the path configurations. If Terraform is installed, a command output similar to the following one is returned
and contains available Terraform options:
username:~$ terraform
Usage: terraform [-version] [-help] <command> [args]
- Create a Resource Access Management (RAM) user and grant permissions to the user to
ensure high flexibility and security in permission management.
- Create an environment variable to store authentication information.
export ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY="LTAIUrZCw3********"
export ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY="zfwwWAMWIAiooj14GQ2*************"
export ALICLOUD_REGION="cn-beijing"