Install
https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html

# sudo apt install -y jq

URL=$(wget https://checkpoint-api.hashicorp.com/v1/check/terraform -qO- | jq  -r '.current_download_url + "/" + .product + "_" + .current_version + "_linux_amd64.zip"')
wget ${URL} -qP /tmp
unzip -d /tmp /tmp/${URL##*/}
mv /tmp/terraform ~/.local/bin/

# or deploy global
# sudo mv /tmp/terraform /usr/local/bin/

terraform  version

Debug
https://www.terraform.io/internals/debugging

# enable
export TF_LOG=DEBUG
# disable
export TF_LOG=ERROR

TF_LOG=debug OS_DEBUG=1 terraform apply

CLI

# deploy
terraform init
terraform plan
terraform apply -auto-approve

# format the Terraform files
terraform fmt

# list workspaces
terraform workspace list

# destroy
terraform destroy -auto-approve

Install with Ansible
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Release and maintenance / latest versions
# stable
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/release_and_maintenance.html#release-status
# devel
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/devel/modules/list_of_all_modules.html

Ansible playbook repository
https://github.com/panticz/ansible

Install Ansible
http://www.panticz.de/install-ansible

Configuration
https://gist.github.com/wbcurry/f38bc6d8d1ee4a70ee2c
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/intro_configuration.html#remote-tmp
https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/latest/reference_appendices/config.html#ansible-configuration-settings-locations
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ansible/ansible/devel/examples/ansible.cfg

# include order
./ansible.cfg
~/.ansible.cfg
/etc/ansible/ansible.cfg

[defaults]
retry_files_enabled = False
stdout_callback = debug
bin_ansible_callbacks = True
ansible_python_interpreter = /usr/bin/python
host_key_checking = False
inventory = hosts
forks = 99
retry_files_enabled = false
roles_path = ./my_roles
pipelining = True
scp_if_ssh = True
max_fail_percentage = 0

[privilege_escalation]
become=True


cat <> ~/.bashrc
export ANSIBLE_VAULT_PASSWORD_FILE=~/.ansible/.vault_pass
export ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK=debug
export ANSIBLE_HOST_KEY_CHECKING=false
# export ANSIBLE_DEBUG=True
# export ANSIBLE_LOG_PATH=/var/log/ansible.log
# export ANSIBLE_PYTHON_INTERPRETER=/usr/bin/python3
EOF

DISPLAY_SKIPPED_HOSTS=0

Callback plugin

# test me
nixy, dense, or debug.
export ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK=debug

Configuration

[defaults]
log_path=/var/log/ansible.log
#stdout_callback = yaml
stdout_callback = debug
# inventory = ./inventory
host_key_checking = False
retry_files_enabled = False

[ssh_connection]
retries=999999

Ansible syntax (YAML)
http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/YAMLSyntax.html

Configuration files
http://docs.ansible.com/ansible/intro_configuration.html#host-key-checking