adambarreiro
commented
10 months ago Hi @JonathanWrightSE,
To perform a successful import, the UI Plugin must not be created by Terraform. It needs to exist only in the target VCD, then you would need a HCL snippet like the one you shared, but you need to import the resource before applying.
In other words, you first would prepare the empty resource, but only in code:
resource "vcd_ui_plugin" "plugin" {
enabled = true
}Before doing a terraform apply, you import it from VCD:
terraform import vcd_ui_plugin.plugin VMware."Customize Portal".4.0.0Then it should be imported correctly and the info populated in the state:
vcd_ui_plugin.plugin: Import prepared!
Prepared vcd_ui_plugin for import
vcd_ui_plugin.plugin: Refreshing state... [id=urn:vcloud:uiPlugin:c60450ef-9536-4315-8bfc-d239b55ebf2e]
Import successful!
The resources that were imported are shown above. These resources are now in
your Terraform state and will henceforth be managed by Terraform.And now it should be good to perform terraform apply or any other change.
With these steps I could not get any error, let me know if there's other operation that I didn't consider in the scenario.
JonathanWrightSE
carmine73
I am attempting to cutomize the VCD portal by publishing an existing plugin to an organization. However the documented method for doing this doesn't work. The method is to create an empty vcd_ui_plugin resource, then to import the existing plugin into that resource which can then be manipulated. Attempting to create the empty resource fails because the resource expects to be given the "path" parameter to a zip file containing a new plugin.
Terraform Version
Terraform v1.6.6 on windows_amd64
Affected Resource(s)
Terraform Configuration Files
resource "vcd_ui_plugin" "my_plugin" { enabled = true }
Debug Output
vcd_ui_plugin.my_plugin: Creating... ╷ │ Error: could not create the UI Plugin: plugin path must not be empty │ │ with vcd_ui_plugin.my_plugin, │ on customize-portal.tf line 3, in resource "vcd_ui_plugin" "my_plugin": │ 3: resource "vcd_ui_plugin" "my_plugin" { │ ╵
Panic Output
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Expected Behavior
An empty vcd_ui_plugin resource should have been created that I could then import an existing UI plugin into (as described in the vcd_ui_plugin resource documentation).
Actual Behavior
The above error occured.
Steps to Reproduce
Please list the steps required to reproduce the issue, for example:
terraform applyUser Access rights
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Important Factoids
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References
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