Appendix

Preparing OpenTofu

Install OpenTofu on Linux

On your Linux workstation run the following scripts to install OpenTofu. See [here]for latest instructions and other platform information.

Download the installer script:

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -fsSL https://get.opentofu.org/install-opentofu.sh -o install-opentofu.sh

Give it execution permissions:

chmod +x install-opentofu.sh

Run the installer:

./install-opentofu.sh --install-method rpm

Install OpenTofu on Windows

On your Windows workstation run the following scripts to install OpenTofu.

Download the installer script:

Invoke-WebRequest -outfile "install-opentofu.ps1" -uri "https://get.opentofu.org/install-opentofu.ps1"

Run the installer

& .\install-opentofu.ps1 -installMethod standalone

Remove the installer

Remove-Item install-opentofu.ps1