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Error: json.Unmarshal - invalid character '<' looking for beginning of value #275

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tofkamp opened this issue Oct 7, 2023 · 4 comments · Fixed by #276
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Error: json.Unmarshal - invalid character '<' looking for beginning of value #275

tofkamp opened this issue Oct 7, 2023 · 4 comments · Fixed by #276
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tofkamp commented Oct 7, 2023

I was working with ansible to try DSC, but a friend told me about terraform. So I am trying terraform with routeros 7.11.2
Created an own CA, and webserver. Added the CA to trusted store of ubuntu. Set this webserver certificate on www-ssl. Just trying to get a working example, by setting the /system/identity. I included the file, by adding ".txt" to the filename so github accepts it.
To reproduce the error : Put file in empty folder, terraform init; terraform plan; terraform apply

routeros_system_identity.identity: Creating...
routeros_interface_bridge.bridge: Creating...
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│ Error: json.Unmarshal - invalid character '<' looking for beginning of value
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│   with routeros_interface_bridge.bridge,
│   on main.tf line 23, in resource "routeros_interface_bridge" "bridge":
│   23: resource "routeros_interface_bridge" "bridge" {
│
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│ Error: json.Unmarshal - invalid character '<' looking for beginning of value
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│   with routeros_system_identity.identity,
│   on main.tf line 29, in resource "routeros_system_identity" "identity":
│   29: resource "routeros_system_identity" "identity" {

It complains about invalid character "<", which is not in the file, nor in the examples on website.
I have installed terraform-routeros 1.18.2, on terraform 1.6.0. I thought it was an error in my system, but I have done the docker tutorial, and all went well. No errors.
main.tf.txt
What is going wrong ? Is the format changed ? Is there a program error ?
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vaerh commented Oct 7, 2023

Hi, I haven't gotten to version 7.11 yet and maybe it is the version that is causing the problem. But it should be checked at the lab.
Can I ask you to run ROS_LOG_COLOR=1 TF_LOG=debug terraform apply and post the output?

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tofkamp commented Oct 8, 2023 •
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err.txt
In the output I saw the following:

error response body:
<!doctype html>
<html lang=en>
<title>Error 501 : Not Implemented</title>
<h1>Error 501 : Not Implemented</h1>

(it looked weird, so I put it in code, but it should be a quote)
Just to be sure it can work, I did: curl -k -u admin:admin https://bh1-k1-sw1.home.arpa/rest/system/resource
I got some json response with sensible numbers.

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tofkamp commented Oct 8, 2023

I found the cause of this error. It was the trailing "/" of the hosturl.
In the trace I noticed the dubble "//" after the hostname. Normal it is no problem, and other webservers just skips the extra "/".
For an user it is normal to put a "/" after the hostname. In order to prevent errors, or abandoning adoption of this provider, put a message in the manual, or do a check in the program, or correct it automatically.

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fix: Fix double slash at the end of a hostname
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Fixes #275
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vaerh commented Oct 9, 2023

🎉 This issue has been resolved in version 1.18.3 🎉

The release is available on GitHub release

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fix: Fix double slash at the end of a hostname terraform-routeros/terraform-provider-routeros
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