configuring intellij with terraform plugin to connect to aws

Question

I need to be able to run the terraform plugin to do standard terraform tasks such as terraform plan and terraform apply which would require aws connectivity. i have installed the terrafom plugin but have no idea how to configure it

Answer 1

Terraform Plugin released in JetBrains plugin community is used for HashiCorp Terraform / HCL language support for doing stuffs like:

• Syntax highlighting.
• Code formatter with the 'Reformat code'.
• Report usage of deprecated properties.

And NOT as a substitute for executing terraform binary.

Reference: https://plugins.jetbrains.com/plugin/7808-hashicorp-terraform--hcl-language-support

Answer 2

My solution: I've installed terraform using chocolatey

1. Set the path in settings

from terraform.exe to C:\ProgramData\chocolatey\bin\terraform.exe

Intellij will still display it as terraform.exe but it will now work.

Answer 3

The plugin now supports your requested commands (plan\\apply), make sure you update it.

Regarding Arcones question: the plugin is maintained by Vladislav Rassokhin, therefore we might experience latency in the plugin support for new Terraform features. You may open an issue here: https://github.com/VladRassokhin/intellij-hcl/issues