Error: Unsupported argument. An argument named "subnet_id" is not expected here

This is my module for Linux VM in aws.

vm_linux.tf

provider "aws" {

  version = "2.62.0"

  region  = var.region

}

data "aws_ami" "amazon_linux" {

  most_recent = true

  owners = ["amazon"]

  filter {

    name = "name"

    values = [

      "amzn-ami-hvm-*-x86_64-gp2",

    ]

  }

  filter {

    name = "owner-alias"

    values = [

      "amazon",

    ]

  }

}

resource "aws_network_interface" "main" {

  count = 1

  subnet_id = module.vpc.vp_id

}

resource "aws_instance" "main" {

  count = var.instance_count

  ami                        = data.aws_ami.amazon_linux.id

  instance_type              = var.instance_type

  key_name                   = var.key_pair

  vpc_security_group_ids     = var.vpc_sg

  subnet_id                  = module.vpc.sub_id

  associate_public_ip_address = true

  root_block_device {

      volume_type = "gp2"

      volume_size = 30

    }

  ebs_block_device {

      device_name = "/dev/sdf"

      volume_type = "gp2"

      volume_size = 10

    }

  network_interface {

      device_index          = 0

      network_interface_id  = aws_network_interface.main[0].id

      delete_on_termination = false

    }

}

and this is the variable file for this module.

vars.tf

variable "vpc_id" {

    description = "The ID of VPC in which to create ec2 instance."

    default     = ""

}

variable "instance_count" {

    description = "Number of instances to be created"

    default     = "1"

}

variable "subnet" {}

variable "instance_type" {

  default = "t2.micro"

}

variable  "vpc_sg" {

  description = "The ID of one or more security groups to associate with the ec2 instance"

  default     = []

}

variable "region" {

    description = "AWS region to deploy testVM"

    default = "us-east-1"

}

variable "key_pair" {

  description = "SSH public key pair details"

  default     = ""

}

This is a vpc module file.

vpc.tf

data "aws_availability_zones" "available" {}

provider "aws" {

  region  = var.region

}

resource "aws_vpc" "vpc" {

    cidr_block          = var.vpc_cidr

  enable_dns_hostnames  = var.dns_hostnames

  enable_dns_support    = var.dns_support

    tags = merge(

    {

      "Name" = format("%s", var.name)

    },

    var.tags,

    var.vpc_tags,

  )

}

resource "aws_subnet" "main" {

  vpc_id     = "${aws_vpc.vpc.id}"

  cidr_block = "${var.subnet_cidr}"

  tags = {

    Name = "Main"

  }

}

and finally, my main.tf file

main.tf

module "my_vpc" {

  source = "../module/vpc"

  org_name = "###"

  subscription_name = "###"

  #vpc_id = "${module.my_vpc.vpc_id}"

  tags = {

    name = "###"

  }

  

}

module "linux_vm" {

  source = "../module/vm_linux"

  subnet_id = "${module.my_vpc.sub_id}"

}

ERROR

Error: Missing required argument

  on main.tf line 14, in module "linux_vm":
  14: module "linux_vm" {

The argument "subnet" is required, but no definition was found.


Error: Unsupported argument

  on main.tf line 16, in module "linux_vm":
  16:   subnet_id = "${module.my_vpc.sub_id}"

An argument named "subnet_id" is not expected here.

I am not able to understand this error. terraform asking me for subnet_id and the same time it’s not expecting subnet_id here. can you plz help me with this issue. I want to understand this error.

Hi @saurabh-sys,

The module is expecting a variable named subnet, not subnet_id. To fix this you’ll need to either rename the variable in the module (change variable "subnet" to variable "subnet_id") or change the argument in your module "linux_vm block to be subnet = module.my_vpc.sub_id instead of subnet_id = module.my_vpc.sub_id.

Hi apparentlymart,

thanks for this solution. it is working now.

Hi apparentlymart,

I am facing the same issue when application gateway ingress controller is added in terraform file

Hi @rvarunr,

Please start a new topic to discuss your new problem. Thanks!

@apparentlymart .Created