Terraform Enterprise Flexible Deployment Options

Terraform Enterprise v202309-1 and above supports deploying with multiple deployment options. You can choose a runtime environment from our list of supported deployment options and deploy Terraform Enterprise natively in that environment (Docker or Kubernetes).

If you are running a previous version of Terraform Enterprise, upgrading to Flexible Deployment Options removes Replicated as a required dependency and provides a faster installation and startup time, reduced resource requirements, and improved security.

Changes

Your internal Terraform Enterprise application is the same regardless of your deployment choice. However, the way you interact with your infrastructure architecture changes in the following ways for those using Flexible Deployment Options:

• Use native tooling for installation and upgrades (Helm for Kubernetes and Compose for Docker).
• Startup checks make startup and upgrade issues easier to troubleshoot.
• The lightweight single-container architecture provides significantly faster startup times.
• The tfectl CLI provides administration capabilities (replacing the Admin console and replicatedctl).
• Use embedded HCDiag and a convenient tfectl command for bundle collection.
• HashiCorp directly manages license files instead of Replicated (ending with .rli).