Terraform Switcher

The tfswitch command line tool lets you switch between different versions of terraform. If you do not have a particular version of terraform installed, tfswitch will download the version you desire. The installation is minimal and easy. Once installed, simply select the version you require from the dropdown and start using terraform.

See installation guide here: tfswitch installation

Installation

tfswitch is available for MacOS and Linux based operating systems.

Homebrew

Installation for MacOS is the easiest with Homebrew. If you do not have homebrew installed, click here.

brew install warrensbox/tap/tfswitch

Linux

Installation for other linux operation systems.

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/warrensbox/terraform-switcher/release/install.sh | bash

Install from source

Alternatively, you can install the binary from source here

How to use:

Use dropdown menu to select version

You can switch between different versions of terraform by typing the command tfswitch on your terminal.
Select the version of terraform you require by using the up and down arrow.
Hit Enter to select the desired version.

The most recently selected versions are presented at the top of the dropdown.

Supply version on command line

You can also supply the desired version as an argument on the command line.
For example, tfswitch 0.10.5 for version 0.10.5 of terraform.
Hit Enter to switch.

See all versions including beta, alpha and release candidates(rc)

Display all versions including beta, alpha and release candidates(rc).
For example, tfswitch -l or tfswitch --list-all to see all versions.
Hit Enter to select the desired version.

Use .tfswitch.toml file (For non-admin - users with limited privilege on their computers)

This is similiar to using a .tfswitchrc file, but you can specify a custom binary path for your terraform installation

Create a custom binary path. Ex: mkdir /Users/warrenveerasingam/bin (replace warrenveerasingam with your username)
Add the path to your PATH. Ex: export PATH=$PATH:/Users/warrenveerasingam/bin (add this to your bash profile or zsh profile)
Pass -b or --bin parameter with your custom path to install terraform. Ex: tfswitch -b /Users/warrenveerasingam/bin/terraform 0.10.8
Optionally, you can create a .tfswitch.toml file in your terraform directory.
Your .tfswitch.toml file should look like this:

bin = "/Users/warrenveerasingam/bin/terraform"
version = "0.11.3"

Run tfswitch and it should automatically install the required terraform version in the specified binary path

Use .tfswitchrc file

Create a .tfswitchrc file containing the desired version
For example, echo "0.10.5" >> .tfswitchrc for version 0.10.5 of terraform
Run the command tfswitch in the same directory as your .tfswitchrc

Instead of a .tfswitchrc file, a .terraform-version file may be used for compatibility with tfenv and other tools which use it

Automatically switch with bash

Add the following to the end of your ~/.bashrc file: (Use either .tfswitchrc or .tfswitch.toml or .terraform-version)

cdtfswitch(){
  builtin cd "$@";
  cdir=$PWD;
  if [ -f "$cdir/.tfswitchrc" ]; then
    tfswitch
  fi
}
alias cd='cdtfswitch'

Automatically switch with zsh

Add the following to the end of your ~/.zshrc file:

load-tfswitch() {
  local tfswitchrc_path=".tfswitchrc"

  if [ -f "$tfswitchrc_path" ]; then
    tfswitch
  fi
}
add-zsh-hook chpwd load-tfswitch
load-tfswitch

NOTE: if you see an error like this: command not found: add-zsh-hook, then you might be on an older version of zsh (see below), or you simply need to load add-zsh-hook by adding this to your .zshrc:
autoload -U add-zsh-hook

older version of zsh

cd(){
  builtin cd "$@";
  cdir=$PWD;
  if [ -f "$cdir/.tfswitchrc" ]; then
    tfswitch
  fi
}

Jenkins setup

#!/bin/bash 

echo "Installing tfswitch locally"
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/warrensbox/terraform-switcher/release/install.sh 
chmod 755 install.sh
./install.sh -b bin-directory

./bin-directory/tfswitch

Additional Info

See how to upgrade, uninstall, troubleshoot here: More info

Issues

Please open issues here: New Issue

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