Terraform is an infrastructure-as-code software tool created by HashiCorp. Users define and provide data center infrastructure using a declarative configuration language known as HashiCorp Configuration Language (HCL), or optionally JSON.[3]
Terraform manages external resources (such as public cloud infrastructure, private cloud infrastructure, network appliances, software as a service, and platform as a service) with "providers". HashiCorp maintains an extensive list of official providers, and can also integrate with community-developed providers.[4] Users can interact with Terraform providers by declaring resources[5] or by calling data sources.[6] Rather than using imperative commands to provision resources, Terraform uses declarative configuration to describe the desired final state. Once a user invokes Terraform on a given resource, Terraform will perform CRUD actions on the user's behalf to accomplish the desired state.[7] The infrastructure as code can be written as modules, promoting reusability and maintainability.[8]
HashiCorp maintains a Terraform Module Registry, launched in 2017.[19] In 2019, Terraform introduced the paid version called Terraform Enterprise for larger organizations.[20]
License changeedit
Terraform was previously free software available under version 2.0 of the Mozilla Public License (MPL). On August 10, 2023, HashiCorp announced that all products produced by the company would be relicensed under the Business Source License (BSL), with HashiCorp prohibiting commercial use of the community edition by those who offer "competitive services".[21]
The last MPL-licensed version of Terraform was forked as "OpenTofu", which is backed by the Linux Foundation. In April 2024, HashiCorp sent a cease and desist notice to the OpenTofu project, stating that it had incorporated code from a BSL-licensed version of Terraform without permission and "incorrectly re-labeled HashiCorp's code to make it appear as if it was made available by HashiCorp originally under a different license." OpenTofu denied the allegation, stating that the code cited had originated from an MPL-licensed version of Terraform.[22][23]
Referencesedit
^"Releases - hashicorp/terraform". Retrieved 30 April 2024 – via GitHub.
^"Terraform vs. Chef, Puppet, etc. - Terraform by HashiCorp". Terraform by HashiCorp. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
^Bryant, Daniel (26 March 2017). "HashiCorp Terraform 0.9. Released with State Locking, State Environments, and Destroy Provisioners". InfoQ. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
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This article relies excessively on references to primary sources Please improve this article by adding secondary or tertiary sources Find sources Terraform software news newspapers books scholar JSTOR December 2020 Learn how and when to remove this message Terraform is an infrastructure as code software tool created by HashiCorp Users define and provide data center infrastructure using a declarative configuration language known as HashiCorp Configuration Language HCL or optionally JSON 3 TerraformOriginal author s Mitchell Hashimoto et al Developer s HashiCorpInitial release28 July 2014 9 years ago 2014 07 28 Stable release1 8 2 24 April 2024 7 days ago 2024 04 24 1 Repositorygithub wbr com wbr hashicorp wbr terraformWritten inGoOperating systemLinux FreeBSD macOS OpenBSD Solaris and Microsoft WindowsAvailable inEnglishTypeInfrastructure as codeLicenseBusiness Source License v1 1 2 source available Websitewww wbr terraform wbr io Contents 1 Design 2 License change 3 References 4 External linksDesign editTerraform manages external resources such as public cloud infrastructure private cloud infrastructure network appliances software as a service and platform as a service with providers HashiCorp maintains an extensive list of official providers and can also integrate with community developed providers 4 Users can interact with Terraform providers by declaring resources 5 or by calling data sources 6 Rather than using imperative commands to provision resources Terraform uses declarative configuration to describe the desired final state Once a user invokes Terraform on a given resource Terraform will perform CRUD actions on the user s behalf to accomplish the desired state 7 The infrastructure as code can be written as modules promoting reusability and maintainability 8 Terraform supports a number of cloud infrastructure providers such as Amazon Web Services Cloudflare 9 Microsoft Azure IBM Cloud Serverspace Selectel 10 Google Cloud Platform 11 DigitalOcean 12 Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Yandex Cloud 13 VMware vSphere and OpenStack 14 15 16 17 18 HashiCorp maintains a Terraform Module Registry launched in 2017 19 In 2019 Terraform introduced the paid version called Terraform Enterprise for larger organizations 20 License change editTerraform was previously free software available under version 2 0 of the Mozilla Public License MPL On August 10 2023 HashiCorp announced that all products produced by the company would be relicensed under the Business Source License BSL with HashiCorp prohibiting commercial use of the community edition by those who offer competitive services 21 The last MPL licensed version of Terraform was forked as OpenTofu which is backed by the Linux Foundation In April 2024 HashiCorp sent a cease and desist notice to the OpenTofu project stating that it had incorporated code from a BSL licensed version of Terraform without permission and incorrectly re labeled HashiCorp s code to make it appear as if it was made available by HashiCorp originally under a different license OpenTofu denied the allegation stating that the code cited had originated from an MPL licensed version of Terraform 22 23 References edit Releases hashicorp terraform Retrieved 30 April 2024 via GitHub LICENSE via GitHub Syntax Configuration Language Providers Resources Data Sources Configuration Modules Cloudflare Provider Retrieved 23 November 2022 Selectel Provider 12 April 2023 Google Cloud Platform Provider for Terraform Retrieved 5 February 2017 Starr Bochicchio Andrew 22 October 2018 Introducing the DigitalOcean Terraform Provider DigitalOcean Blog Retrieved 17 December 2020 Yandex Cloud Provider 31 May 2021 Terraform vs Chef Puppet etc Terraform by HashiCorp Terraform by HashiCorp Retrieved 14 March 2018 Bryant Daniel 26 March 2017 HashiCorp Terraform 0 9 Released with State Locking State Environments and Destroy Provisioners InfoQ Retrieved 23 May 2017 Yevgeniy Brikman 2017 Terraform Writing Infrastructure as Configuration O Reilly Media ISBN 9781491977057 OCLC 978667796 Somwanshi Sneha 1 March 2015 Choosing the Right Tool to Provision AWS Infrastructure ThoughtWorks Blog Turnbull James 2016 The Terraform Book ISBN 9780988820258 Atkins Martin 16 November 2017 HashiCorp Terraform 0 11 HashiCorp Blog Retrieved 17 December 2020 HashiCorp HashiCorp Terraform Provision amp Manage any Infrastructure HashiCorp Infrastructure enables innovation Retrieved 15 April 2020 HashiCorp Adopts Business Source License for All Products InfoQ Retrieved 20 October 2023 Vaughan Nichols Steven J 11 April 2024 OpenTofu Denies Hashicorp s Code Stealing Accusations DevOps com Retrieved 13 April 2024 Jackson Joab 12 April 2024 OpenTofu Project Denies HashiCorp s Allegations of Code Theft The New Stack Retrieved 13 April 2024 External links editOfficial website nbsp Terraform on GitHub Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Terraform software amp oldid 1221528467, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
