terraform removed in Ubuntu 24.04 image

[vasireddy99]

can someone explain what does this removal means to the setup-terraform in ubuntu-latest breaking changes.

https://github.blog/changelog/2024-11-05-notice-of-breaking-changes-for-github-actions/#ubuntu-latest-upcoming-breaking-changes

[austinvalle]

Hey there @vasireddy99 👋🏻 ,

Prior to the Ubuntu 24.04 image, Github runners had the latest version of Terraform automatically installed, see the 22.04 image. The removal of that pre-installed version in 24.04 would only affect your workflow if you didn't use setup-terraform and were relying on that latest version of Terraform being installed by default in your github runner.

An example of that might be something like the CI workflow for the random Terraform provider, which used to rely on the latest version of Terraform being installed to generate it's documentation. Using the new runners you can just use setup-terrafrom to install the latest version: hashicorp/terraform-provider-random#611 .

So for users of this GitHub action, no changes should be necessary 👍🏻