azurerm_application_insights has no application_type Node.JS

[StefanSchoof]

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Terraform Version

Terraform v0.11.9

• provider.azurerm v1.17.0

Affected Resource(s)

• azurerm_application_insights

Terraform Configuration Files

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "test" {
  name     = "tf-test"
  location = "West Europe"
}

resource "azurerm_application_insights" "node" {
  name                = "node"
  location            = "${azurerm_resource_group.test.location}"
  resource_group_name = "${azurerm_resource_group.test.name}"
  application_type    = "Node.JS"
}

Debug Output

Panic Output

Expected Behavior

Creates a Application insights for Node.JS, like in Monitor your Node.js services and apps with Application Insights described.

Actual Behavior

terrafrom plan results into a:

Error: azurerm_application_insights.node: expected application_type to be one of [web other java MobileCenter phone store ios], got Node.JS

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform plan

Important Factoids

References

[tombuildsstuff]

hi @StefanSchoof

Thanks for opening this issue :)

Taking a quick look into this, whilst it's not overly clear (unfortunately) I believe Node.JS in the Azure Portal is actually represented as Other in the Azure API/Terraform Resource - would you be able to take a look and see if this works for you?

Thanks!

[StefanSchoof]

Thanks for your reply.

I created an application insight over the portal and select Node. Then I imported the resource into terraform. When I set the application_type web, terraform tries to change the type from "Node.JS" -> "web".

I will try if a resource of this type works for me.

[StefanSchoof]

I tried the "other" application type. It seems to work in my use case. I could not spot any difference between the "other" and the "Node.JS" type.

But I think azure has an "Node.JS" type. If I take a look into "Automation script" in the azure Portal for a Insights I created over the portal and selected Node.JS. I got

        {
            "comments": "Generalized from resource: '/subscriptions/xxxxx/resourceGroups/yyyy/providers/microsoft.insights/components/yyyyy-node'.",
            "type": "microsoft.insights/components",
            "kind": "Node.JS",
            "name": "[parameters('components_zzzz_node_name')]",
            "apiVersion": "2015-05-01",
            "location": "westeurope",
            "tags": {},
            "scale": null,
            "properties": {
                "Application_Type": "Node.JS",
                "Flow_Type": "Redfield",
                "Request_Source": "IbizaAIExtension",
                "HockeyAppId": null,
                "SamplingPercentage": null
            },
            "dependsOn": []
        },

and the other

{
            "comments": "Generalized from resource: '/subscriptions/xxxx/resourceGroups/yyyyy/providers/microsoft.insights/components/zzzz-node'.",
            "type": "microsoft.insights/components",
            "kind": "other",
            "name": "[parameters('components_yyyy_node_name')]",
            "apiVersion": "2015-05-01",
            "location": "westeurope",
            "tags": {},
            "scale": null,
            "properties": {
                "Application_Type": "other",
                "Flow_Type": null,
                "Request_Source": null,
                "HockeyAppId": null,
                "SamplingPercentage": null
            },
            "dependsOn": []
        },

[StefanSchoof]

@tombuildsstuff are you expecting more response or does my answer slip through?

[katbyte]

Hi @StefanScherer,

From the documentation that field is used to customize UI. This value is a freeform string so it seems like the type doesn't have to much effect.

As the portal does allow node as an option (and doesn't seem to use other anymore) I have opened #2179 to add it 🙂

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