install latest terraform provider not working

[ellerbrock]

hi,

i just found out that there is actually only one terraform provider official available:
https://releases.hashicorp.com/terraform-provider-alicloud/
in version 0.1.0

i wonder why because even on the official terraform provider page its in version 1.5.3 listed:
https://github.com/terraform-providers/terraform-provider-alicloud/releases

my current workaround is to make a hard version:

provider "alicloud" {
  version = ">= 1.5.3"

  access_key = "${var.access_key}"
  secret_key = "${var.secret_key}"
  region     = "${var.region}"
}

and download the plugin manually, rename it like terraform-provider-alicloud_v1.5.3_x4 and drop it in the plugins folder, run again a terraform init and then it's working ...

but boy oh boy what a workaround.

any ideas why its not directly installable via terraform provider?

cheers maik

[ellerbrock]

what you mean, you know what to do?
the new version have so many more features, in case stuff is stable would be nice to get it out to the community ...

[zhuzhih2017]

@ellerbrock
We are in the process of resolving this problem.

[rouralberto]

For me, even using Terraform v0.11.2 with provider.alicloud v1.5.3, I get provider.alicloud: AccessKeyId cannot be empty! when I run terraform plan.

[xiaozhu36]

Hi @roura356a Do you have specified 'access_key' and 'secret_key'? There is two methods to specify them:

1. specify parameter 'access_key' and 'secret_key' in the provider, like

    provider "alicloud" {
        access_key = "****"
        secret_key = "****"
    }
   

2. specify parameter 'ALICLOUD_ACCESS_KEY' and 'ALICLOUD_SECRET_KEY' in you environment parameter.

[rouralberto]

Yes, I specified them. When I run terraform plan I get provider.alicloud: AccessKeyId cannot be empty. I tried to reinstall Terraform and the provider but nothing... :/

[rouralberto]

All good, I reinstalled Terraform using brew this time, installed again the plugin in ~/.terraform.d/plugins/darwin_amd64/terraform-provider-alicloud_v1.6.0 and now it works.

[xiaozhu36]

Hi @ellerbrock Terraform provider official version 1.7.0 has been released. Please update it. Thanks a lot.