How to pass network_interface[0].mac_address to another module as "string"

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Hi all,

I have a VM module to create a new VM. I have exposed the computed mac_address via output like so:

output "mac" {
  value = "${vsphere_virtual_machine.vm.network_interface[0].mac_address}"
}

Then the root module, I needed to pass this mac address to another module, that has variable “mac” as string:

module "system" {
  source = "./modules/cobbler/system_local_exec"

  for_each = local.vms
  name      = each.key
  profile   = each.value.profile
  hostname  = each.key
  netboot   = local.netboot
  interface = each.value.nic
  mac       = "${module.vm.mac}"
  ip        = each.value.ip
  netmask   = local.netmask
  dhcp_tag  = local.dhcp_tag
  dns_name  = format("%s.%s", each.key, local.domain)
  gateway   = local.gateway
  static    = local.static
  comment   = local.comment
}

It seems to be very straightforward but it does not work for me, I am getting:

$ terraform plan
╷
│ Error: Invalid value for input variable
│
│   on main.tf line 42, in module "system":
│   42:   mac       = "${module.vm.mac}"
│
│ The given value is not suitable for module.system.var.mac declared at ../../modules/cobbler/system_local_exec/variables.tf:49,1-15: string required.
╵

I am wondering what the mistake is?

Thanks in advance.

Cheers
D

2

Answering my own, since I used for_each in both modules, it needs to be:

 mac       = module.vm[each.key].mac

Case closed.
Cheers
D