Where is this name field coming from?

[mikebollandajw]

What happened?

There is an error when trying to generate an azuread resource

1.6457344224525993e+09  DEBUG   events  Warning {"object": {"kind":"Application","name":"azuread-application","uid":"9b8ccec1-484b-4faf-9e01-92f1b5ab2ad3","apiVersion":"azuread.azuread.jet.crossplane.io/v1alpha1","resourceVersion":"7502087"}, "reason": "CannotObserveExternalResource", "message": "cannot run refresh: refresh failed: Extraneous JSON object property: No argument or block type is named \"name\".: File name: main.tf.json"}
1.6457344824875672e+09  DEBUG   provider-jet-azuread    Reconciling     {"controller": "managed/azuread.azuread.jet.crossplane.io/v1alpha1, kind=application", "request": "/azuread-application"}
1.6457344826753385e+09  DEBUG   provider-jet-azuread    refresh ended   {"workspace": "/tmp/9b8ccec1-484b-4faf-9e01-92f1b5ab2ad3", "out": "{\"@level\":\"info\",\"@message\":\"Terraform 1.1.6\",\"@module\":\"terraform.ui\",\"@timestamp\":\"2022-02-24T20:28:02.519063Z\",\"terraform\":\"1.1.6\",\"type\":\"version\",\"ui\":\"1.0\"}\n{\"@level\":\"error\",\"@message\":\"Error: Extraneous JSON object property\",\"@module\":\"terraform.ui\",\"@timestamp\":\"2022-02-24T20:28:02.672277Z\",\"diagnostic\":{\"severity\":\"error\",\"summary\":\"Extraneous JSON object property\",\"detail\":\"No argument or block type is named \\\"name\\\".\",\"range\":{\"filename\":\"main.tf.json\",\"start\":{\"line\":1,\"column\":311,\"byte\":310},\"end\":{\"line\":1,\"column\":317,\"byte\":316}},\"snippet\":{\"context\":\"resource.azuread_application.azuread-application\",\"code\":\"{\\\"provider\\\":{\\\"azuread\\\":{\\\"client_id\\\":\\\"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\\\",\\\"client_secret\\\":\\\"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\\\",\\\"tenant_id\\\":\\\"XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX\\\"}},\\\"resource\\\":{\\\"azuread_application\\\":{\\\"azuread-application\\\":{\\\"display_name\\\":\\\"test_application\\\",\\\"lifecycle\\\":{\\\"prevent_destroy\\\":true},\\\"name\\\":\\\"azuread-application\\\"}}},\\\"terraform\\\":{\\\"required_providers\\\":{\\\"azuread\\\":{\\\"source\\\":\\\"hashicorp/azuread\\\",\\\"version\\\":\\\"2.18.0\\\"}}}}\",\"start_line\":1,\"highlight_start_offset\":310,\"highlight_end_offset\":316,\"values\":[]}},\"type\":\"diagnostic\"}\n"}
1.645734482675425e+09   DEBUG   provider-jet-azuread    Cannot observe external resource        {"controller": "managed/azuread.azuread.jet.crossplane.io/v1alpha1, kind=application", "request": "/azuread-application", "uid": "9b8ccec1-484b-4faf-9e01-92f1b5ab2ad3", "version": "7502087", "external-name": "azuread-application", "error": "cannot run refresh: refresh failed: Extraneous JSON object property: No argument or block type is named \"name\".: File name: main.tf.json", "errorVerbose": "refresh failed: Extraneous JSON object property: No argument or block type is named \"name\".: File name: main.tf.json\ncannot run refresh\ngithub.com/crossplane/terrajet/pkg/controller.(*external).Observe\n\t/mnt/c/dev/git/provider-jet-azuread/.work/pkg/pkg/mod/github.com/crossplane/terrajet@v0.4.0/pkg/controller/external.go:125\ngithub.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/pkg/reconciler/managed.(*Reconciler).Reconcile\n\t/mnt/c/dev/git/provider-jet-azuread/.work/pkg/pkg/mod/github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime@v0.15.1-0.20220106140106-428b7c390375/pkg/reconciler/managed/reconciler.go:758\ngithub.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime/pkg/ratelimiter.(*Reconciler).Reconcile\n\t/mnt/c/dev/git/provider-jet-azuread/.work/pkg/pkg/mod/github.com/crossplane/crossplane-runtime@v0.15.1-0.20220106140106-428b7c390375/pkg/ratelimiter/reconciler.go:54\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Reconcile\n\t/mnt/c/dev/git/provider-jet-azuread/.work/pkg/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.11.0/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:114\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).reconcileHandler\n\t/mnt/c/dev/git/provider-jet-azuread/.work/pkg/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.11.0/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:311\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).processNextWorkItem\n\t/mnt/c/dev/git/provider-jet-azuread/.work/pkg/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.11.0/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:266\nsigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime/pkg/internal/controller.(*Controller).Start.func2.2\n\t/mnt/c/dev/git/provider-jet-azuread/.work/pkg/pkg/mod/sigs.k8s.io/controller-runtime@v0.11.0/pkg/internal/controller/controller.go:227\nruntime.goexit\n\t/mnt/c/Users/Mike.Bolland/go/src/runtime/asm_amd64.s:1581"}
1.6457344826756868e+09  DEBUG   events  Warning {"object": {"kind":"Application","name":"azuread-application","uid":"9b8ccec1-484b-4faf-9e01-92f1b5ab2ad3","apiVersion":"azuread.azuread.jet.crossplane.io/v1alpha1","resourceVersion":"7502087"}, "reason": "CannotObserveExternalResource", "message": "cannot run refresh: refresh failed: Extraneous JSON object property: No argument or block type is named \"name\".: File name: main.tf.json"}
1.6457345090279298e+09  DEBUG   provider-jet-azuread    Reconciling     {"controller": "managed/azuread.azuread.jet.crossplane.io/v1alpha1, kind=application", "request": "/azuread-application"}
1.645734509027983e+09   DEBUG   provider-jet-azuread    Cannot get managed resource     {"controller": "managed/azuread.azuread.jet.crossplane.io/v1alpha1, kind=application", "request": "/azuread-application", "error": "Application.azuread.azuread.jet.crossplane.io \"azuread-application\" not found"}
1.6457345093279011e+09  DEBUG   provider-jet-azuread    Reconciling     {"controller": "providerconfig/providerconfig.azuread.jet.crossplane.io", "request": "/azuread-creds-next"}
1.6457345094354095e+09  DEBUG   provider-jet-azuread    Reconciling     {"controller": "providerconfig/providerconfig.azuread.jet.crossplane.io", "request": "/azuread-creds-next"}
1.6457345431087437e+09  DEBUG   provider-jet-azuread    Reconciling     {"controller": "managed/azuread.azuread.jet.crossplane.io/v1alpha1, kind=application", "request": "/azuread-application"}
1.645734543108836e+09   DEBUG   provider-jet-azuread    Cannot get managed resource     {"controller": "managed/azuread.azuread.jet.crossplane.io/v1alpha1, kind=application", "request": "/azuread-application", "error": "Application.azuread.azuread.jet.crossplane.io \"azuread-application\" not found"}

How can we reproduce it?

Follow the generating a provider guide on the website and use azuread as your terraform provider

What environment did it happen in?

Crossplane version:
crossplane/provider-aws:v0.24.1
k8s: v1.21.5-eks-bc4871b

[turkenh]

@mikebollandajw please see external name configuration section: https://github.com/crossplane/terrajet/blob/main/docs/configuring-a-resource.md#external-name

[mikebollandajw]

Hi, i believe you are saying this needs to be adjusted in GO from name to the import description on the application page?

https://registry.terraform.io/providers/hashicorp/azuread/latest/docs/resources/application#import

Ie this appears to be a guid of type id so i presume im replacing NameAsIdentifier with IdentifierFromProvider but it wasnt clear where that needs to be changed

provider-jet-azuread$ grep "NameAsIdentifier" * -R

• no results -

[mikebollandajw]

this has been resolved by following the guide for defining custom provider https://github.com/crossplane/terrajet/blob/28422508962842a1e455eaf7879d16599644715b/docs/generating-a-provider.md?plain=1#L147

thanks again