Terraform Error: Provider configuration not present

Terraform
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#my child module, main.tf

provider “aws” {
alias = “source”
region = “us-west-2”
}

provider “aws” {
alias = “dest”
region = “us-east-1”
}

data “aws_caller_identity” “source” {
provider = aws.source
}

data “aws_caller_identity” “dest” {
provider = aws.dest
}

data “aws_iam_policy_document” “assume_role” {
statement {
effect = “Allow”

principals {
  type        = "Service"
  identifiers = ["s3.amazonaws.com"]
}

actions = ["sts:AssumeRole"]

}
}

resource “aws_iam_role” “replication” {
name = “tf-iam-role-replication-12345”
assume_role_policy = data.aws_iam_policy_document.assume_role.json
}

data “aws_iam_policy_document” “replication” {
statement {
effect = “Allow”

actions = [
  "s3:GetReplicationConfiguration",
  "s3:ListBucket",
]

resources = [aws_s3_bucket.source.arn]

}

statement {
effect = “Allow”

actions = [
  "s3:GetObjectVersionForReplication",
  "s3:GetObjectVersionAcl",
  "s3:GetObjectVersionTagging",
]

resources = ["${aws_s3_bucket.source.arn}/*"]

}

statement {
effect = “Allow”

actions = [
  "s3:ReplicateObject",
  "s3:ReplicateDelete",
  "s3:ReplicateTags",
]

resources = ["${aws_s3_bucket.destination.arn}/*"]

}
}

resource “aws_iam_policy” “replication” {
name = “tf-iam-role-policy-replication-12345”
policy = data.aws_iam_policy_document.replication.json
}

resource “aws_iam_role_policy_attachment” “replication” {
role = aws_iam_role.replication.name
policy_arn = aws_iam_policy.replication.arn
}

#my root module, main.tf:
terraform {
required_providers {
aws = {
source = “hashicorp/aws”
version = “4.27.0”
}
}
}

module “s3-cross-account-replication” {
source = “./s3_logs_replication_modules”
source_bucket_name = var.source_bucket_name
source_region = var.source_region
dest_bucket_name = var.dest_bucket_name
dest_region = var.dest_region
replication_name = var.replication_name
priority = 0

}

Above is my Terraform code, and I’m trying to create an S3 logs replication in another bucket, but I keep getting this error:

To work with module.s3-cross-account-replication.aws_s3_bucket_replication_configuration.replication its
│ original provider configuration at
│ module.s3-cross-account-replication.provider[“Terraform Registry”].central is required,
│ but it has been removed. This occurs when a provider configuration is removed while objects created by that
│ provider still exist in the state. Re-add the provider configuration to destroy
│ module.s3-cross-account-replication.aws_s3_bucket_replication_configuration.replication, after which you
│ can remove the provider configuration again.

Does anybody know how to fix this?

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Your post’s formatting is a bit messed up, because the forum software has treated various parts as formatting directives.

Please enclose your copy/pasted code or error messages with ``` on a line by itself before and after, to activate code block formatting.

Terraform is informing you that the resource

was previously created using an aws provider defined inside module.s3-cross-account-replication with the alias central but now you have changed your code, and there is no such provider.

You need to re-add the aws provider named central, and apply your configuration, so that Terraform can destroy the previously removed module.s3-cross-account-replication.aws_s3_bucket_replication_configuration.replication.

In short, never remove a provider configuration, until after you’ve performed an apply, removing all resources that provider configuration was managing.

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Thanks a lot @maxb…let me try it out now