Terraform use local provider/plugin

Terraform
1

Hi,
I installed Terraform v1.0.1 on linux_amd64 (Oracle Linux Srv 8.4 64bit).

I’m trying to use a local provider/plugin that I saved in the folder: /root/.terraform.d/plugins

This is my main.tf:

terraform {
    required_version    = ">= 0.12.6"
}
provider "zabbix" {
    username            = local.provider_vars.zabbix.username
    password            = local.provider_vars.zabbix.password
    url                 = local.provider_vars.zabbix.endpoint
    tls_insecure        = true
}

but when I run: terraform init
I receive this error:

Initializing the backend…

Initializing provider plugins…

  • Finding latest version of hashicorp/zabbix…
    ╷
    │ Error: Failed to query available provider packages
    │
    │ Could not retrieve the list of available versions for provider hashicorp/zabbix: provider registry
    │ registry.terraform.io does not have a provider named Terraform Registry
    │
    │ All modules should specify their required_providers so that external consumers will get the correct providers when
    │ using a module. To see which modules are currently depending on hashicorp/zabbix, run the following command:
    │ terraform providers

The system try to download the provider/plugin from Terraform Registry and not load from the local folder.

How can fix this problem?
Thanks for the help

Marco

2

Hey there, are you logged into linux machine as root user?

If you look at the documentation here Provider Requirements - Configuration Language - Terraform by HashiCorp it needs to be under ~/.terraform.d/registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/zabbix
Note that registry.terraform.io is the directory, unless you declare your provider under terraform block with some different path like:

terraform {
      required_providers {
    zabbix = {
      source  = "some_path/zabbix"
      version = ">= 1.0"
    }
  }
}
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3

Hi,
thanks for your reply.

I tryed to create a folder: ~/.terraform.d/registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/zabbix and copy into the zabbix folder my plugin, but I received the same error (I commented my .terraformrc).

If I try to modify my main.ft file as below:

terraform {
    required_providers {
    zabbix = {
      source  = "/root/.terraform.d/registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/zabbix"
      version = ">= 1.0"
    }
  }
    required_version    = ">= 0.12.6"
}

provider "zabbix" {
    username            = local.provider_vars.zabbix.username
    password            = local.provider_vars.zabbix.password
    url                 = local.provider_vars.zabbix.endpoint
    tls_insecure        = true
}

I receive the error:

There are some problems with the configuration, described below.

The Terraform configuration must be valid before initialization so that
Terraform can determine which modules and providers need to be installed.
╷
│ Error: Invalid provider source string
│
│ on main.tf line 4, in terraform:
│ 4: source = “/root/.terraform.d/registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/zabbix”
│
│ The “source” attribute must be in the format “[hostname/][namespace/]name”

4

I do not have a local provider, but I can try repro this in my local machine. is zabbix available for download from somewhere?
else I shall try something else.

for me aws provider is available here manage_aws_organizations/.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws/3.47.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-aws_v3.47.0_x5

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Hi,
I solved!

I copied my plugin into:

~/.terraform.d/plugins/terraform.local/local/zabbix/1.0.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-zabbix_v1.0.0

Add these into may terraform code:

terraform {
  required_providers {
    zabbix = {
      source  = "terraform.local/local/zabbix"
      version = "1.0.0"
      # Other parameters...
    }
  }
}
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