hello, I just upgraded from terraform 0.12.29 to terraform 0.13.3, and following the documentation where I had to adjust the plugins directory to the new standard, but I’m still having some problems.
the provider file is in the path below:
C:\Users\rodrigore\AppData\Roaming\terraform.d\plugins\registry.terraform.io\hashicorp\aws\3.8.0\windows_amd64
follows the error below:
Error: Failed to install provider
Error while installing hashicorp/aws v3.9.0: after installing
registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws it is still not detected in the target
directory; this is a bug in Terraform
[terragrunt] 2020/10/06 14:09:03 Hit multiple errors:
exit status 1
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Got the same issue with 13.4
Initializing the backend...
Initializing provider plugins...
- Finding latest version of hashicorp/aws...
- Installing hashicorp/aws v3.10.0...
Error: Failed to install provider
Error while installing hashicorp/aws v3.10.0: open
.terraform\plugins\registry.terraform.io\hashicorp\aws\3.10.0\windows_amd64\terraform-provider-aws_v3.10.0_x5.exe:
The system cannot find the path specified.
Hello, Faced similar issue for kubectl and kubernetes providers, terraform v0.14.0 - Windows 10
Initializing the backend…
Initializing provider plugins…
- Finding gavinbunney/kubectl versions matching “1.9.1”…
- Finding hashicorp/aws versions matching “~> 3.0”…
- Finding hashicorp/kubernetes versions matching “~> 1.11”…
- Installing gavinbunney/kubectl v1.9.1…
- Installing hashicorp/aws v3.21.0…
- Installed hashicorp/aws v3.21.0 (signed by HashiCorp)
- Installing hashicorp/kubernetes v1.13.3…
Error: Failed to install provider
Error while installing gavinbunney/kubectl v1.9.1: open
.terraform\providers\registry.terraform.io\gavinbunney\kubectl\1.9.1\windows_amd64\terraform-provider-kubectl_v1.9.1.exe:
The system cannot find the path specified.
Error: Failed to install provider
Error while installing hashicorp/kubernetes v1.13.3: open
.terraform\providers\registry.terraform.io\hashicorp\kubernetes\1.13.3\windows_amd64\terraform-provider-kubernetes_v1.13.3_x4.exe:
The system cannot find the path specified.
Any help plz!!
getting this below error can anyone help?
Error: Failed to install provider
Error while installing hashicorp/random v3.0.1: open
.terraform\providers\registry.terraform.io\hashicorp\random\3.0.1\windows_amd64\terraform-provider-random_v3.0.1_x5.exe:
The system cannot find the path specified.
I am also having the same issue with terraform.
Error while installing hashicorp/aws v3.24.1: open
.terraform\providers\registry.terraform.io\hashicorp\aws\3.24.1\windows_amd64\terraform-provider-aws_v3.24.1_x5.exe:
The system cannot find the path specified.
Hi
My issue got resolved by moving Terraform files to a folder whole length was small.
I moved right under c:\test folder for example and it worked. Earlier it was c:\user…\ was too long. Please try the same and see if that helps.
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Hi
I don’t think length of the path is a problem, I was able to run terraform from a much larger path in the same root folder
you could be right but it definitely worked for me.
worth a try but leave it with you
I somehow managed to get it to work
Initially the path was - C:\Users\a\b\c\d\e\f\g\h\i\j
It worked only in path - C:\Users\a\b\c\d\e\f\g\h
Not working even in path - C:\Users\a\b\c\d\e\f\g
WEIRD!
Problem is I am not obliged to further simplify the path 
it worked… i created a folder in the c drive instead of the Users folder and it worked…
I don’t know what is the logic… may be something changed in the terraform 14.5…
but thank you so much … Shailender
Thanks, It works with me after simplifying the path!
In my case, the reason was that operating systems such as windows have limit on file paths.[can’t exceed 256 characters for file paths in windows]. Downloading the required provider exes under the cache folder takes up about 190+ additional characters in file path. So if I keep the terraform/terragrunt working path less than 60 chars i stay within the 256 char limit.
see below example from terragrunt execution. as provider exe is downloaded in cache folder which takes up 193 chars of additional file path from current folder.
.terragrunt-cache\3T1WMb8ROJQHSei_AQVUTJxxxxx\uy-BF18eIbpjEsfRgj_Tkaxxxxx\ec2.terraform\providers\registry.terraform.io\hashicorp\aws\5.22.0\windows_amd64\terraform-provider-aws_v5.22.0_x5.exe