Install Terraform and integrate it with Gcore CDN

The following instructions will help you set up Terraform and use it to create and manage CDN resources.

1. Download the appropriate Terraform package for your OS from the official Terraform website.

2. Create a new folder and name it just as the downloaded package.

3. Unzip the Terraform archive into the new folder.

4. Add the directory of the unzipped Terraform archive to the PATH environment variable.

5. Create a configuration file in the Terraform folder and name it main.tf.

6. Copy the code below and paste it to the main.tf file.

terraform {  

  required_version = ">=0.13.0"   

  required_providers {   

    gcore = {  

      source = "G-Core/gcore"  

      version = "0.3.44"  

   }   

  }   

}   

provider gcore {   

permanent_api_token = "251$d33611b35f26d8"  

} 

Where:

• 0.3.44 is the latest version of the Terraform provider indicated on the Terraform registry page.
• 251$d33611b35f26d8 is a permanent API token generated according to Managing API tokens guide.

7. Open the command-line interface, navigate to the Terraform folder, and run the following command:

terraform init

This command will install Terraform and download a set of modules to work with our CDN. The following response will appear:

This response means Terraform was successfully downloaded and installed, you can start working with it.