# Terraform remote-exec provisioner not working **URL:** \ **Category:** Terraform\ **Created:** [March 31, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/terraform-remote-exec-provisioner-not-working/7244 "2020-03-31T17:38:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kaushalshriyan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/kaushalshriyan/32/5682_2.png) [@kaushalshriyan](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/kaushalshriyan)\ **Post date:** [March 31, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/terraform-remote-exec-provisioner-not-working/7244/1 "2020-03-31T17:38:03Z")
Hi, I am referring to [https://www.terraform.io/docs/provisioners/remote-exec.html#script-arguments](https://www.terraform.io/docs/provisioners/remote-exec.html#script-arguments) to install the Nginx web server on the remote server. ``` cat main.tf variable "region" { default = "us-west1-a" // We're going to need it in several places in this config } provider "google" { credentials = "whcdrupalproject.json" project = "whcdrupalproject" region = "us-west1-a" } resource "google_compute_instance" "whcdrupal8" { count = 1 // Adjust as desired name = "whcdrupal8" // yields "test1", "test2", etc. It's also the machine's name and hostname machine_type = "f1-micro" // smallest (CPU & RAM) available instance zone = "us-west1-a" // yields "europe-west1-d" as setup previously. Places your VM in Europe boot_disk { initialize_params { image = "centos-7" } } network_interface { network = "default" access_config { // Ephemeral IP - leaving this block empty will generate a new external IP and assign it to the machine } } provisioner "file" { source = "script.sh" destination = "/tmp/script.sh" } provisioner "remote-exec" { inline = [ "chmod +x /tmp/script.sh", "/tmp/script.sh args", ] } } ``` I have the below script.sh file locally. I want it to be pushed to the remote server and execute it there. ``` #cat script.sh #!/bin/bash yum -y install nginx ``` Port 22 is open and please find the below details. ``` $gcloud compute ssh tmobiledrupal8 No zone specified. Using zone [us-west1-a] for instance: [tmobiledrupal8]. Warning: Permanently added 'compute.7260763458670404915' (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts. (reverse-i-search)`': ^C [kaushalshriyan@tmobiledrupal8 ~]$ curl ifconfig.co 35.247.72.150 [kaushalshriyan@tmobiledrupal8 ~]$logout Connection to 35.247.72.150 closed. Kaushals-MacBook-Pro:~ kaushalshriyan$ nc -v 35.247.72.150 22 Connection to 35.247.72.150 port 22 [tcp/ssh] succeeded! SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_7.4 $terraform apply "ghcdrupalproject.tfplan" google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Creating... google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [10s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [20s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [30s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Provisioning with 'file'... google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [40s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [50s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [1m0s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [1m10s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [1m20s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [1m30s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [1m40s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [1m50s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [2m0s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [2m10s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [2m20s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [2m30s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [2m40s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [2m50s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [3m0s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [3m10s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [3m20s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [3m30s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [3m40s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [3m50s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [4m0s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [4m10s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [4m20s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [4m30s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [4m40s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [4m50s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [5m0s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [5m10s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [5m20s elapsed] google_compute_instance.tmobiledrupal8[0]: Still creating... [5m30s elapsed] *Error: timeout - last error: dial tcp :22: connect: connection refused* ``` I ran terraform apply “whcdrupalproject.tfplan” it did not run the script.sh file remotely instead it reported **Error: timeout - last error: dial tcp :22: connect: connection refused** 😞Am I missing anything in the above main.tf file? Any help will be highly appreciated and thanks in advance. I look forward to hearing from you. Best Regards, Kaushal ---
**Author:** ![Fessant](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/hashicorp/user_avatar/discuss.hashicorp.com/fessant/32/26571_2.png) [@Fessant](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/u/Fessant)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2022, 12:26pm UTC](https://discuss.hashicorp.com/t/terraform-remote-exec-provisioner-not-working/7244/2 "2022-03-09T12:26:51Z")
Hello. Have you tried to add inside script simple: echo “Hi from script”? To see in the terraform logs whether script is passed and run successfully. But seems the main problem, as i can see, you haven`t provided ssh key to the remote instance which will provide ability to connect.