This page describes the steps to install Terraform for Cloud de Confiance in Cloud Shell and in a local shell. Cloud Shell is an interactive shell environment for Cloud de Confiance that lets you learn and experiment with Cloud de Confiance and manage your projects and resources from your web browser.
For a introductory guide to using Terraform with Cloud de Confiance, see the Terraform for Cloud de Confiance Quickstart.
Cloud Shell
To use an online terminal with the gcloud CLI and Terraform already set up, activate Cloud Shell:
At the bottom of this page, a Cloud Shell session starts and displays a command-line prompt. It can take a few seconds for the session to initialize.
Run the following command to verify that Terraform is available:
terraformThe output should be similar to the following:
Usage: terraform [global options] <subcommand> [args] The available commands for execution are listed below. The primary workflow commands are given first, followed by less common or more advanced commands. Main commands: init Prepare your working directory for other commands validate Check whether the configuration is valid plan Show changes required by the current configuration apply Create or update infrastructure destroy Destroy previously-created infrastructureTo use Terraform with Cloud de Confiance, you should ensure the following tasks are completed within Cloud de Confiance:
- Create or have a Cloud de Confiance project.
- Enable billing for the Cloud de Confiance project.
- Enable APIs for the Cloud de Confiance services you intend to work with.
- Set up authentication for Terraform.
Local shell
Use the installation instructions provided by Terraform.
Run the following command to verify that Terraform is available:
terraformThe output should be similar to the following:
Usage: terraform [global options] <subcommand> [args] The available commands for execution are listed below. The primary workflow commands are given first, followed by less common or more advanced commands. Main commands: init Prepare your working directory for other commands validate Check whether the configuration is valid plan Show changes required by the current configuration apply Create or update infrastructure destroy Destroy previously-created infrastructureTo use Terraform with Cloud de Confiance, you should ensure the following tasks are completed within Cloud de Confiance:
- Create or have a Cloud de Confiance project.
- Enable billing for the Cloud de Confiance project.
- Enable APIs for the Cloud de Confiance services you intend to work with.
- Set up authentication for Terraform.
What's next
- Work through the Terraform for Cloud de Confiance quickstart
- Learn about the basic Terraform commands.