Installer for HashiCorp Terraform - Automated Installation

Automatically Download, Extract and Install Latest or Specific Version

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Note: An updated script with additional capabilities and multi-product support has been published to the hashicorp-installer repo. It defaults to installing Terraform and can be a drop-in replacement for this script.

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The terraform-install script automates the process of downloading and installing Terraform. It provides an ideal method for installing installing updates or a specific version.

This script detects the latest version, OS and CPU-Architecture and allows installation to local or system locations. Optional parameters allow installing a specific version and installing to /usr/local/bin without prompting.

Example - install last pre-0.13 release: ./terraform-install.sh -i 0.12.29

Options:

• -i VERSION: Install specific version
• -a: Automatically use sudo to install to /usr/local/bin
  • allows for unattended installation via scripts or CD tools
  • can be set as default behavior by uncommenting line 14 (sudoInstall=true)
  • sudo password may be required unless NOPASSWD is enabled
• -c: leave binary in working directory (for CI/DevOps use)
• -h: help
• -v: display version

This installer is similar to my Packer Installer and Vault Installer

Download and Use Locally

Download Installer

curl -LO https://raw.github.com/robertpeteuil/terraform-installer/master/terraform-install.sh
chmod +x terraform-install.sh

Download installer via my bootstrap server (iac.sh or https://iac.sh)

curl iac.sh/terraform > getinst.sh
bash getinst.sh
# installer downloaded as terraform-install.sh in current directory

Run local installer

./terraform-install.sh

# usage: terraform-install.sh [-i VERSION] [-a] [-c] [-h] [-v]
#      -i VERSION	: specify version to install in format '' (OPTIONAL)
#      -a		: automatically use sudo to install to /usr/local/bin
#      -c		: leave binary in working directory (for CI/DevOps use)
#      -h		: help
#      -v		: display vault-install.sh version

System Requirements

• System with Bash Shell (Linux, macOS, Windows Subsystem for Linux)
• unzip - terraform downloads are in zip format
• curl or wget - script will use either one to retrieve metadata and download

Optional

• jq - if installed, latest version parsed from hashicorp downloads
  • Useful if latest github release differs from version on hashicorp downloads
  • Avoids github api limit of 60 requests per hour (unauthenticated)

Script Process Details

• Determines Version to Download and Install
  • Uses Version specified by -i VERSION parameter (if specified)
  • Otherwise determines Latest Version
    • If jq installed parse version from hashicorp downloads
    • Otherwise use GitHub API to retrieve latest version
• Calculates Download URL based on Version, OS and CPU-Architecture
• Verifies URL Validity before Downloading in Case:
  • VERSION incorrectly specified with -i
  • Download URL Format Changed on terraform Website
• Determines Install Destination
  • The destination can be specified with -c option, or passing TF_INSTALL_DIR environment variable
  • The default is /usr/local/bin if it is writable, or with -a
  • Otherwise the user is prompted for options
  • Performed before Download/Install Process in case user selects abort
• Installation Process
  • Download, Download SHA, Verify SHA of zip, Extract, Install, Cleanup and Display Results

CPU Architecture Detection

CPU architecture is detected for each OS accordingly:

• Linux / Windows (WSL since this is a Bash script)
  • detected with lscpu or by inspecting /proc/cpuinfo
  • Arm variants use arm as it's the only arm version available (for now)
• macOS - uses Default Arch amd64 as it's the only version available on macOS
• Default Value - amd64

Disclaimer

I am a HashiCorp employee, but this is a personal project and not officially endorsed or supported by HashiCorp.

License

Apache 2.0 License - Copyright (c) 2020 Robert Peteuil