Terraform does not create two servers, just rename the new configuration

[ghost]

data "vsphere_datacenter" "dc" {
  name          = "esxi"
}

data "vsphere_datastore" "datastore" {
  name          = "datastore1"
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id
}

data "vsphere_resource_pool" "pool" {
  name          = "Resources"
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id
}

data "vsphere_network" "network" {
  name          = "VM Network"
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id
}

data "vsphere_virtual_machine" "template" {
  name          = "plantilla-debian-10"
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id

}

resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm" {
  name         = "Apuntes"
  resource_pool_id = data.vsphere_resource_pool.pool.id
  datastore_id     = data.vsphere_datastore.datastore.id
  num_cpus         = 1
  memory           = 1024
  firmware         = "efi"
  guest_id         = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.guest_id
  scsi_type        = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.scsi_type
  network_interface {
    network_id     = data.vsphere_network.network.id
    adapter_type   = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.network_interface_types[0]
  }
  disk {
    label = "disk0"
    size = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.disks.0.size
    eagerly_scrub = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.disks.0.eagerly_scrub
    thin_provisioned = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.disks.0.thin_provisioned

  }

  clone {
    template_uuid = data.vsphere_virtual_machine.template.id
    linked_clone = false
    timeout = 15
    customize {
     linux_options {
         host_name = "Aapuntes"
         domain = ""
    }
         network_interface {
           ipv4_address = "192.168.1.20"
           ipv4_netmask = "24"

         }
        ipv4_gateway = "192.168.1.1"
        dns_server_list = ["192.168.1.5"]
    }
  }
}

I create the server but when I go to create another I modify the file the ip and name 192.168.1.20--->192.168.1.30 and name Aapuntes---->Aproxy but it is not creating a new vm for me, it only modifies the existing one as it would have to be added in the config to create new virtual machines ???

[jweigand]

This is a core of how Terraform itself functions, not something that can be changed by the vsphere provider. Terraform effectively stores information about your VM in state by referencing the "vm" portion of the resource name resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vm". When you change the name and ip attributes of that reference, you're telling Terraform to continue to only have a single VM it references as "vm", but change it to have this name and IP instead.

If you want to add a second VM, you'd either need to add a count or for_each attribute to your existing block, or do a new resource block to define the second VM resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "second_vm".

[ghost]

thanks

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