Upgrade Terraform version

Question

I'm start using Terraform and I'm following the project updates on his Github repository.

I see new releases are available on releases section: https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform/releases

I installed Terraform tool following the steps: https://www.terraform.io/intro/getting-started/install.html

The new releases are a zip file with base code but I want to know how I can install it on my computer (OSX). What I downloaded when I installed for the first time was a zip file with just a "terraform" file as unix executable.

How I can generate this Unix executable from the zip available on the github releases section?

Any idea?

Thank you!

score 75 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 26 '17 at 08:28

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If you use Homebrew on MacOS already, you can install Terraform simply by

$ brew install terraform

and upgrade by

$ brew upgrade terraform

In fact, you might be interested in letting Homebrew also control other tools:

$ brew install awscli
$ brew install packer
$ brew cask install docker
$ brew cask install virtualbox
$ brew cask install vagrant

answered Jun 26 '17 at 08:28

jpsecher

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You can then also use 'brew switch' to switch between multiple versions if you are working on different projects. e.g. `brew switch terraform 0.10.2` more info here: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/13477363/how-can-i-brew-link-a-specific-version – Matt Childs Sep 04 '17 at 11:39
@JP will this work for beta releases as well ? recently the have given a beta release v0.13.0-beta3 and i was thinking if brew upgrade terraform will work for beta version as well.? – codeaprendiz Jul 09 '20 at 09:09
@codeaprendiz Yes, it will work *if* the beta version has been bottled. RIght now it seems that it hasn't: `brew search /^terraform@.+$/` – jpsecher Jul 10 '20 at 11:22
Thanks @JP, so how can i try it on my local ? :) ... i actually want to try the new features. – codeaprendiz Jul 10 '20 at 11:27

score 13 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 29 '16 at 23:30

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There are packages for each OS available on the Downloads Page.

Pick the appropriate package for your OS and download the zip file.
Extract the contents of the zip file, which should be a single terraform binary, into some reasonable location that's in your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).
Add execute permissions: e.g. chmod u+x /usr/local/bin/terraform.
Run terraform and make sure you see the help text.

answered Nov 29 '16 at 23:30

Yevgeniy Brikman

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First of all, thank you for your reply Yevgeniy. Now the last release from releases section at Github repository is available at [link] (https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html) `Downloads Page`. But for several days it wasn't at that link and I was looking for the way to get the code from Github release and generate the `terraform` binary file. – Borja Lopez Nov 30 '16 at 10:19
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@BorjaLopez if the answer helped, would you mind accepting it? Thanks. – Radek Simko Feb 14 '17 at 10:10

score 12 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 21 '20 at 07:26

You could download the binary :

wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform/${TERRAFORM_VERSION}/terraform_${TERRAFORM_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip

then :

unzip terraform_${TERRAFORM_VERSION}_linux_amd64.zip

then :

mv terraform /usr/local/bin/

make sure to change ${TERRAFORM_VERSION} by the version you want to install

exemple :

0.13.2

score 9 · Answer 4 · answered Nov 01 '20 at 13:49

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**TLDR:

for Installation - brew install terraform
for Upgrade - brew upgrade terraform
for Verification - terraform --version

answered Nov 01 '20 at 13:49

avivamg

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If it for windows, and using choco, run the below. `choco upgrade terraform` – Pavan_Obj Jun 16 '21 at 03:31

score 8 · Answer 5 · answered May 15 '22 at 14:37

i'm new to using terraform, but to use terraform with multiple versions i use tfenv as terraform version manager

tfenv command

$ tfenv
tfenv 2.2.3
Usage: tfenv <command> [<options>]

Commands:
   install       Install a specific version of Terraform
   use           Switch a version to use
   uninstall     Uninstall a specific version of Terraform
   list          List all installed versions
   list-remote   List all installable versions
   version-name  Print current version
   init          Update environment to use tfenv correctly.
   pin           Write the current active version to ./.terraform-version

terraform currently i use

$ terraform -version                                                                                         
Terraform v1.1.9
on linux_amd64

list of terraform i have

$ tfenv list                                                                                                   
  1.2.0-rc2
* 1.1.9 (set by /home/takimi/.tfenv/version)

change terraform version

$ tfenv use 1.2.0-rc2

and if you want to use another terraform version you just install it with command tfenv install <terraform version>

score 6 · Answer 6 · answered Oct 14 '20 at 16:21

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Adding this response for the sake of completeness.

Hashicorp came up with their own brew taps for all Hashicorp products for MacOS platforms.

to upgrade ...

brew upgrade hashicorp/tap/{vault|consul|nomad|terraform|packer}

to install ...

brew install hashicorp/tap/{vault|consul|nomad|terraform|packer}

Reference : https://www.hashicorp.com/blog/announcing-hashicorp-homebrew-tap

answered Oct 14 '20 at 16:21

Naveen Vijay

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If i could i would change this to the correct accepted answer into 2020 and beyond. `brew install terraform` simply gets it from the community, so you're not going to get the 1.0 release that came out this week until someone puts in the work. IMO, the community version should be removed. Only b/c it can keep you from features that are available immediately after HasiCorp releases a fix. I appreciate peoples work on the community version, just my opinion. – ekydfejj Jun 09 '21 at 21:44

Chris · Answer 7 · 2017-02-12T16:38:24.327

This is detailed in the repository README under 'Developing Terraform' HERE

Essentially...

Ensure you've installed the GO programming language (version 1.7+ at the time of writing).
Create a GO workspace directory.
Create the $GOPATH environment variable pointing to the GO workspace directory you just created.
Add $GOPATH/bin to your $PATH
Clone the Terraform repo (or extract zip) to $GOPATH/src/github.com/hashicorp/terraform
Run make dev within the Terraform repo.
The Terraform binary should be created in $GOPATH/bin

I would recommend you follow the steps in the README as opposed to what I've written above it's comprehensive and may change.

You shouldn't need to do any of this unless your actively developing Terraform, otherwise stick with the installation method in the getting started guide.

score 2 · Answer 8 · answered Dec 05 '20 at 12:57

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To work with multiple Terraform versions, I'm using tfswitch. This allows you to switch between the terraform versions which makes things much easier.

You can find the documentation here.

answered Dec 05 '20 at 12:57

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score 1 · Answer 9 · answered Sep 11 '18 at 17:40

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I was able to use this tool to manage terraform versions: https://github.com/Zordrak/tfenv. The first step was to remove the existing installation with: rm '/usr/local/bin/terraform'

answered Sep 11 '18 at 17:40

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score 0 · Answer 10 · answered Jun 17 '20 at 19:44

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You could use something like asdf or tfenv to manage the terraform binaries.

Gives you the advantage of having the option to use different version per project if required.

answered Jun 17 '20 at 19:44

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score 0 · Answer 11 · answered Oct 19 '21 at 13:06

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$sudo apt-get upgrade it will work in linux if you have setup right path for terraform

answered Oct 19 '21 at 13:06

Neeraj Kumar

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