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Terraform Interactive Sandboxes

Experiment with HashiCorp products in a safe, pre-configured environment.

HashiCorp Sandboxes provide interactive environments where you can experiment with HashiCorp products without any installation or setup. They're perfect for:

  • Learning how products work in a real environment
  • Testing configurations and commands without affecting your systems
  • Exploring product features in a safe sandbox
  • Following along with tutorials and documentation

Each sandbox comes pre-configured with everything you need to start using the product immediately. Just click on a sandbox below to launch it in your browser.

Available Terraform sandboxes

When you launch a sandbox, you'll be presented with a terminal interface where you can interact with the pre-configured environment. The sandbox runs in your browser and doesn't require any downloads or installations.

Each sandbox session lasts for up to 1 hour, giving you plenty of time to experiment. Your work isn't saved between sessions, so be sure to copy any important configurations before your session ends.

  • Terraform Sandbox
    Experiment with Terraform. This sandbox includes Docker and LocalStack preinstalled to test your Terraform configuration.
    Launch Sandbox

Sandbox documentation

This sandbox includes the following preinstalled tools and services:

  • Terraform
  • Docker
  • LocalStack
  • AWS CLI

For more information, click on the "Architecture" tab.

Use LocalStack

LocalStack is a local AWS emulator that you can run the Terraform and the AWS CLI against to test your configuration and mock the deployment of resources. This sandbox includes a file named localstack_overrides.tf that configures the AWS provider in your configuration to point to LocalStack instead of trying to reach AWS. For the limitations of what APIs you can call using LocalStack, click on the "Limitations" tab.

Use AWS

If you would like you deploy resources to AWS, you can delete the localstack_overrides.tf file and configure the AWS provider using the AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY environment variables.

Note

Once the timer on the sandbox expires, this environment will be halted. If you have any resources managed by a local state file, this sandbox will not clean up those resources. Make sure to run `terraform destroy` before leaving the sandbox if you have configured the AWS provider to deploy real resources to your own AWS account.

Other sandboxes

Explore sandboxes for other HashiCorp products that you might find useful.

  • InteractiveInteractive Sandbox
    Vault Sandbox
    Experiment with Vault. This sandbox contains five Vault Docker containers and a reverse proxy container.
    • Vault
  • InteractiveInteractive Sandbox
    Boundary Sandbox
    Experiment with Boundary. This sandbox contains a Boundary cluster (one controller server and one worker) configured with a Boundary target (Ubuntu 24.04) and a Postgres database.
    • Boundary
  • InteractiveInteractive Sandbox
    Boundary Enterprise Sandbox
    Experiment with Boundary Enterprise. This sandbox contains a Boundary Enterprise cluster (one controller server and two workers) configured with a Boundary target (Ubuntu 24.04), a Postgres database, and Vault.
    • Boundary
  • InteractiveInteractive Sandbox
    Consul Sandbox (Service discovery)
    Experiment with Consul. This sandbox contains a Consul cluster (3 servers and 4 clients) and a Bastion host. It also runs HashiCups, a demo web application.
    • Consul
  • InteractiveInteractive Sandbox
    Consul Sandbox (Service mesh)
    Experiment with Consul. This sandbox contains a Consul cluster (3 servers and 4 clients) and a Bastion host. It also runs HashiCups, a demo web application.
    • Consul
  • InteractiveInteractive Sandbox
    Nomad Sandbox
    Experiment with Nomad. This sandbox contains a Nomad cluster with one server and one client node with TLS and ACLs enabled.
    • Nomad