rancher2_bootstrap error: [ERROR] Normalizing url: no api_url provided

[jobwat-servian]

I'm getting this error while trying to get access with the rancher2_bootstrap resource

Full output:

$ terragrunt apply
╷
│ Error: Invalid provider configuration
│
│ Provider "registry.terraform.io/rancher/rancher2" requires explicit
│ configuration. Add a provider block to the root module and configure the
│ provider's required arguments as described in the provider documentation.
│
╵
╷
│ Error: [ERROR] Normalizing url: no api_url provided
│
│   with provider["registry.terraform.io/rancher/rancher2"],
│   on <empty> line 0:
│   (source code not available)
│
╵
ERRO[0012] 1 error occurred:
    * exit status 1

My config

provider "rancher2" {
  alias = "bootstrap"
  api_url = "https://rancher.server.com"
  bootstrap = true
}

resource "rancher2_bootstrap" "admin" {
  provider = rancher2.bootstrap
  password = var.rancher_password
}

terraform {
  required_providers {
    rancher2 = {
      source  = "rancher/rancher2"
      version = "1.23.0"
    }
  }
}

If someone knows a fix or a better way to access rancher, I'm interested :)

[jobwat-servian]

In case it can help someone else, my workaround to get the rancher admin token:

data "external" "hack-extract-rancher-admin-password" {
  program = ["bash", "${path.module}/get-admin-token.sh"]

  query = {
    rancher_admin_password = var.rancher_admin_password
    rancher_domain_name    = var.rancher_domain_name
  }

  depends_on = [helm_release.rancher]
}

get-admin-token.sh:

#!/usr/bin/env bash

set -euo pipefail

# read input json for args
eval "$(jq -r '@sh "rancher_admin_password=\(.rancher_admin_password) rancher_domain_name=\(.rancher_domain_name)"')"

# build rancher query data
data=$(cat <<EOF
{
    "responseType":"cookie",
    "username":"admin",
    "password":"${rancher_admin_password}"
}
EOF
)

# sed out the token
rancher_admin_token=$(curl -q -v "https://${rancher_domain_name}/v3-public/localProviders/local?action=login" --data-raw "$data" 2>&1 \
    | grep 'set-cookie.*token' \
    | sed -E 's/.*=(token[^;]+);.*/\1/')

# output value in json
jq -n --arg rancher_admin_token "$rancher_admin_token" '{"rancher_admin_token":$rancher_admin_token}'

[KittlitzMichael]

Your solution matches the description from which leads to your error-message https://registry.terraform.io/providers/rancher/rancher2/latest/docs

a working version is mentioned here https://registry.terraform.io/providers/rancher/rancher2/latest/docs/resources/bootstrap

so this would be the outcome

# Provider bootstrap config with alias
provider "rancher2" {
  api_url   = "https://${var.rancher_hostname}" 
  bootstrap = true
}

# Create a new rancher2_bootstrap 
resource "rancher2_bootstrap" "admin" {
  password  = "${var.rancher_bootstrap_password}"
  telemetry = true
}

# Provider config for admin
provider "rancher2" {
  alias     = "admin"
  api_url   = rancher2_bootstrap.admin.url
  token_key = rancher2_bootstrap.admin.token
  insecure  = true
}

[jobwat-servian]

Thanks for your reply @KittlitzMichael, sadly I'm not into this work anymore.

Hopefully it will help someone else

[skylerspaeth]

Getting the same error. Looks like someone got it working on the other issue but didn't explain how. Above code on this issue gives same error... 🤔 will update if I find a solution.

[Shocktrooper]

I too am having an issue only when I try to do an import. A plain apply works just fine

[justdan96]

I was receiving this error because I had 2x provider "rancher2" blocks, both with different aliases (i.e. rancher2.bootstrap and rancher2.admin).

If any rancher2 resources are written without referring to a specific alias (e.g. a rancher2_role_template resource that does not include provider = rancher2.admin) it will initialise with an empty provider and thus produce this error message.

[skylerspaeth]

@justdan96 that was exactly my issue. Thank you so much :slightly_smiling_face:

[kingnarmer]

I have a module with so many resources and have possible one of two ranchers. I pass the provider in the root module and still get same error.

Error

│ Error: [ERROR] Normalizing url: no api_url provided
│
│   with provider["registry.terraform.io/rancher/rancher2"],
│   on <empty> line 0:
│   (source code not available)
│

calling root module

module "cluster" {

  providers = {
    rancher2 = rancher2.southeast
  }
  source = "./terraform-rancher-cluster-install"

  # Variables
  group_name            = "group1"
  kubernetes_version    = "v1.28.8"
  project_name          = "appdevprjct"
  rancher_env           = "southeast"
}

Providers

provider "rancher2" {
  alias     = "rancher-southwest"
  api_url   = data.vault_generic_secret.terraform_rancher_southwest.data["endpoint"]
  token_key = data.vault_generic_secret.terraform_rancher_southwest.data["bearer_token"]
}

provider "rancher2" {
  alias     = "rancher-southeast"
  api_url   = data.vault_generic_secret.terraform_rancher_southeast.data["endpoint"]
  token_key = data.vault_generic_secret.terraform_rancher_southeast.data["bearer_token"]
}

data for modules

data "vault_generic_secret" "terraform_rancher_southeast" {
  path = "terraform/rancher-southeast"
}

data "vault_generic_secret" "terraform_rancher_southwest" {
  path = "terraform/rancher-southwest"
}