InCollect ErrorMessage("features": required field is not set)

[ghost]

This issue was originally opened by @arukiidou as hashicorp/terraform#24842. It was migrated here as a result of the provider split. The original body of the issue is below.

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InCollect ErrorMessage.
The error message shows "features": required field is not set",
But it was InCollect ErrorMessage.

Terraform Version

Terraform v0.12.24
+ provider.azurerm v2.8.0

Terraform Configuration Files(InCollect)

[azurerm.tf]
provider "azurerm" {
  version = "=2.8.0"
  features {}
}

[main.tf]
provider "azurerm" {
  source                = "../modules/azurerm"
}
module "resource_group" {
  source                = "../modules/resource_group"
  
  location              = local.location
  resource_group_name   = "${local.application_name}-${local.environment_type}"
  tags_application_name = local.application_name
  tags_environment_type = local.environment_type
}

Debug Output

None.

Crash Output

None.

Expected Behavior

For Example...

> terraform plan
terraform : [31m
発生場所 行:1 文字:1
+ terraform plan
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: ([31m:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
 
[1m[31mError: [0m[0m[1m provider is not applicatable module files. [0m
[0m[0m[0m

Actual Behavior

terraform : [31m
発生場所 行:1 文字:1
+ terraform plan
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : NotSpecified: ([31m:String) [], RemoteException
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : NativeCommandError
 
[1m[31mError: [0m[0m[1m"features": required field is not set[0m
[0m[0m[0m

Steps to Reproduce

1. Not Included "provider - azurerm" from module, and not in the same folder
   (See Behavior/Configration Files)

2. Included "provider - azurerm" in main.tf

[main.tf]
provider "azurerm" {
  version = "=2.8.0"
  features {}
}
module "resource_group" {
  source                = "../modules/resource_group"
  
  location              = local.location
  resource_group_name   = "${local.application_name}-${local.environment_type}"
  tags_application_name = local.application_name
  tags_environment_type = local.environment_type
}

3. terraform plan
   (SUCSESS)

Additional Context

None.

References

#5880

[tombuildsstuff]

hi @arukiidou

Thanks for opening this issue.

Taking a look through at the configuration above, it appears that you're trying to source a provider from a module, which isn't supported. Instead this'll need to be defined in the root of the Terraform Configuration - and then passed into the Modules where you'd like to use it (see here) - for example:

provider "azurerm" {
  version = "=2.8.0"
  features {}
}

module "resource_group" {
  source                = "../modules/resource_group"
  
  location              = local.location
  resource_group_name   = "${local.application_name}-${local.environment_type}"
  tags_application_name = local.application_name
  tags_environment_type = local.environment_type

  providers = {
    azure.default = "azurerm.default"
  }
}

Would you be able to take a look and see if that works for you? Since this should be fixed by updating the Terraform Configuration I'm going to close this issue for the moment - but please let us know if that doesn't work for you and we'll take another look.

Thanks!

[ghost]

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