Terraform plan not working throwing provider configuration not present error

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Welcome to the forum - please reformat your message…

Terraform provider definitions inside non-root modules are deprecated, because of the problem you are experiencing here.

  • You have previously created resources via a module, module.palo_alto_nat_nva_region_a with a provider configured inside it - module.palo_alto_nat_nva_region_a.provider[“Terraform Registry”]

  • You have now removed this module

  • Terraform now does not have access to the provider configuration needed to destroy these resources

  • It does not matter that you have a separate azurerm provider defined in the root module - Terraform has no way to know it points at the same tenant/subscription/etc.

  • Therefore as the error message says, Terraform now requires you to re-add a module named palo_alto_nat_nva_region_a and re-add a provider configuration within it to tell it how to destroy those resources.

One option open to you is to add a module that is defined locally - i.e.:

module "palo_alto_nat_nva_region_a" {
  source = "./some_local_directory_name"
}

and within some_local_directory_name add just a single provider "azurerm" block specifying how to connect to azure to handle those resources.