azurerm_app_service_connection: Expected type object but found type string

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Terraform Version

1.3.5

AzureRM Provider Version

3.33.0

Affected Resource(s)/Data Source(s)

azurerm_app_service_connection

Terraform Configuration Files

terraform {
  required_version = "1.3.5"

  required_providers {
    azurerm = {
      source  = "hashicorp/azurerm"
      version = "3.33.0"
    }
  }
}

provider "azurerm" {
  features {}
}

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "main" {
  name     = "zz_delete"
  location = "West Europe"
}

resource "azurerm_postgresql_server" "main" {
  name                             = "pgsql-server"
  resource_group_name              = azurerm_resource_group.main.name
  location                         = azurerm_resource_group.main.location
  administrator_login              = "supermegauser"
  administrator_login_password     = "aaa.000.bbb"
  backup_retention_days            = 7
  sku_name                         = "GP_Gen5_2"
  version                          = "11"
  storage_mb                       = 5120
  public_network_access_enabled    = false
  ssl_enforcement_enabled          = true
  ssl_minimal_tls_version_enforced = "TLS1_2"
}

resource "azurerm_postgresql_database" "main" {
  name                = "db"
  server_name         = azurerm_postgresql_server.main.name
  resource_group_name = azurerm_postgresql_server.main.resource_group_name
  charset             = "utf8"
  collation           = "und-x-icu"
}

resource "azurerm_service_plan" "main" {
  name                = "main-serviceplan"
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.main.name
  location            = azurerm_resource_group.main.location
  sku_name            = "P1v2"
  os_type             = "Linux"
}

resource "azurerm_linux_web_app" "main" {
  name                = "main-linuxwebapp"
  resource_group_name = azurerm_resource_group.main.name
  location            = azurerm_resource_group.main.location
  service_plan_id     = azurerm_service_plan.main.id
  site_config {}
}

resource "azurerm_app_service_connection" "main" {
  name               = "main-serviceconnector"
  app_service_id     = azurerm_linux_web_app.main.id
  target_resource_id = azurerm_postgresql_database.main.id
  client_type        = "springBoot"
  authentication {
    type   = "secret"
    name   = azurerm_postgresql_server.main.administrator_login
    secret = azurerm_postgresql_server.main.administrator_login_password
  }
}

Debug Output/Panic Output

╷
│ Error: creating Scoped Linker (Resource Uri: "/subscriptions/xx/resourceGroups/zz_delete/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/main-linuxwebapp"
│ Linker Name: "main-serviceconnector"): performing LinkerCreateOrUpdate: servicelinker.ServiceLinkerClient#LinkerCreateOrUpdate: Failure sending request: StatusCode=0 -- Original Error: Code="HttpRequestPayloadAPISpecValidationFailed" Message="HTTP request payload failed validation against API specification with one or more errors. Please see details for more information." Target="Microsoft.Web/sites/main-linuxwebapp/providers/Microsoft.ServiceLinker/linkers/main-serviceconnector" Details=[{"code":"InvalidType","message":"Expected type object but found type string. Paths in payload: '$.properties.authInfo.secretInfo.secretType'"}]
│ 
│   with azurerm_app_service_connection.main,
│   on main.tf line 45, in resource "azurerm_app_service_connection" "main":
│   45: resource "azurerm_app_service_connection" "main" {
│ 
│ creating Scoped Linker (Resource Uri: "/subscriptions/xxx/resourceGroups/zz_delete/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/main-linuxwebapp"
│ Linker Name: "main-serviceconnector"): performing LinkerCreateOrUpdate: servicelinker.ServiceLinkerClient#LinkerCreateOrUpdate: Failure sending request: StatusCode=0
│ -- Original Error: Code="HttpRequestPayloadAPISpecValidationFailed" Message="HTTP request payload failed validation against API specification with one or more errors.
│ Please see details for more information." Target="Microsoft.Web/sites/main-linuxwebapp/providers/Microsoft.ServiceLinker/linkers/main-serviceconnector"
│ Details=[{"code":"InvalidType","message":"Expected type object but found type string. Paths in payload: '$.properties.authInfo.secretInfo.secretType'"}]

Expected Behaviour

Succeed

Actual Behaviour

No response

Steps to Reproduce

2. terraform apply

Important Factoids

No response

References

No response

[xiaxyi]

Thanks @yellowhat for raising this issue. Seems the type that's send to the api is not the expected one. I will raise a pr for the fix and update progress here.

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