Installing Terraform
The process of running Terraform and using it to provision your cloud resources is generally initiated on your local laptop or desktop. Terraform itself is downloaded from its website, and it's available for all of the leading operating systems.
Unlike the majority of applications, there's no installer. Terraform is run directly from the file you download, there's no installation process to go through. You can install it system-wide if you want to do so, but you can run it from any directory you wish. Download files for Terraform are located at the following website: https://www.terraform.io/.
Once there, you should see a download button labeled Download CLI:
Figure 20.1: The Terraform website
It's possible that the website could change at some point in the future, and the layout might be different. The download file for Terraform should be easy to find on the website even if the button moves around a bit. The CLI version...
