Install Terraform on Windows

Step 1: Download Terraform

Open the Terraform download page and choose the Windows tab. Pick the build for your system:

• 386 is for 32-bit Windows.
• AMD64 is for 64-bit Windows, which most PCs use.

  

  

Step 2: Extract the zip

Extract the zip file to a folder such as C:\terraform. It contains one file, terraform.exe.

Step 3: Add Terraform to Path

1. Search for Edit the system environment variables and open it.
2. Click Environment Variables.
3. Under System variables, select Path and click Edit.
4. Click New and enter the folder, for example C:\terraform.
5. Click OK on all windows.

   

   

Step 4: Check it

Open a new Command Prompt:

terraform --version

Key features of Terraform

• Infrastructure as code. Describe servers and networks in files.
• Multi-cloud. Works with many cloud providers.
• State management. Tracks what exists.
• Modules. Reuse the same setup.
• Execution plans. See changes before applying them.
• Resource graph. Builds resources in the right order.

Quick recap

• Download, extract, add the folder to Path.
• Run terraform --version in a new window.