Hello
I’m experiencing similar issues trying to use the
json_data = jsondecode(file("${path.module}/azuremonitor.json"))
When I run the below code, it do not output any information and no error.
provider "azurerm" {
features{}
}
locals {
resource_groupname = csvdecode(file("./ResourceTypes.csv"))
json_data = jsondecode(file("${path.module}/azuremonitor.json"))
}
resource "azurerm_resource_group" "Main" {
count = length(local.resource_groupname)
name = local.resource_groupname[count.index].resourcetype
location = "North europe"
}
resource "azurerm_resource_group" "json" {
# (other settings)
name = "NewMetricAlert"
location = "North europe"
Kindly help out
Hi @ighobulu,
I don’t see any references to local.json_data in the configuration you shared, but it’s also missing a closing } so I wonder if you accidentally shared only part of your configuration. Can you share the part of the configuration where you tried to make use of local.json_data too, and explain what your goals were for that? Thanks!
locals {
resource_groupname = csvdecode(file("./ResourceTypes.csv"))
json_data = jsondecode(file("${path.module}/monitor.json"))
}
resource "azurerm_resource_group" "Main" {
count = length(local.resource_groupname)
name = local.resource_groupname[count.index].resourcetype
location = "North europe"
}
resource "azurerm_resource_group" "json" {
# (other settings)
name = local.json_data
location = "North europe"
}
output "local_json_data" {
value = local.json_data
}
Above is the complete code and thank you for the quick response.
my end goal is trying to get a Json file and decode it to save as a .TF file, the json file is an azure monitor file.
kindly get the monitor file on the above link
Hi @ighobulu,
In the configuration you shared I see the following:
resource "azurerm_resource_group" "json" {
name = local.json_data
}
I find this a little confusing because the Monitor.json you shared is an object rather than a string. Perhaps you meant to say name = local.json_data.name to access the name property from the JSON document.
Can you also include the full output you saw when you ran terraform plan? I don’t really understand what you meant by “no information and no error”: do you mean that Terraform literally printed nothing at all? If it printed any messages then it would help if you share them so that I can understand how Terraform is interpreting your configuration.
Error: Incorrect attribute value type
│
│ on Monitor.tf line 18, in resource "azurerm_resource_group" "json":
│ 18: name = local.json_data
│ ├────────────────
│ │ local.json_data is object with 9 attributes
│
│ Inappropriate value for attribute "name": string required.
Above is the output of the code
Hi @ighobulu,
That error message seems to confirm what I mentioned in my previous comment: local.json_data is an object resulting from the JSON decoding, and so it’s not a suitable value for name. But if you intended to use the name property from your JSON object then you could write local.json_data.name to access that attribute specifically, which would then be of the correct type (a string).
provider "azurerm" {
features{}
}
locals {
resource_groupname = csvdecode(file("./ResourceTypes.csv"))
json_data = jsondecode(file("${path.module}/Monitor.json"))
}
resource "azurerm_resource_group" "Main" {
count = length(local.resource_groupname)
name = local.resource_groupname[count.index].resourcetype
location = "North europe"
}
resource "azurerm_resource_group" "json" {
# (other settings)
name = local.json_data.name
location = "North europe"
}
output "local_json_data" {
value = local.json_data.name
}
when I use the name property from the JSON object as shown in the above code, its returns an error.
╷
│ Error: "name" may only contain alphanumeric characters, dash, underscores, parentheses and periods
│
│ with azurerm_resource_group.json,
│ on Monitor.tf line 15, in resource "azurerm_resource_group" "json":
│ 15: resource "azurerm_resource_group" "json" {
Hello @apparentlymart
I have been able to clear the error now, I can see the content of the file when I run this code.
provider "azurerm" {
features{}
}
locals {
resource_groupname = csvdecode(file("./ResourceTypes.csv"))
json_data = jsondecode(file("${path.module}/Monitor.json"))
}
resource "azurerm_resource_group" "Main" {
count = length(local.resource_groupname)
name = local.resource_groupname[count.index].resourcetype
location = "North europe"
}
resource "azurerm_resource_group" "name" {
# (other settings)
name = local.json_data.name
location = "North europe"
}
output "local_json_data" {
value = local.json_data
}
is there any way I can attach the attributes of the JSON file to a variable in terraform? EG. i have the “name” attribute in the JSON file. Then I want to hold that the value, attached to the “name” attribute, and assigned it to a variable in terraform.
Hello @apparentlymart
Is there any assistance from you?