vSphere network label inconsistency with VDS in vCenter folder

[qvallance-ctc]

Running into an issue with networking in the vsphere provider:

Terraform cannot locate the network interface label when the virtual distributed switch (vds) is located in a folder, unless the folder is added to the label path (e.g., 'folder/label'). Once the VM is deployed, if another Terraform plan/apply is run against the resource it will identify the network interface label as not containing the folder, thus requiring the resource to be recreated or config changed.

Terraform Version

Terraform v0.7.2

vSphere Version

vSphere 6.0

Affected Resource(s)

• vsphere_virtual_machine

Error Example

When the config includes just the label it cannot find the label:

  network_interface {
      label = "label"
      ipv4_address = "10.0.0.10"
      ipv4_prefix_length = "24"
      ipv4_gateway = "10.0.0.1"
  }

terraform apply
[...]
Error applying plan:

1 error(s) occurred:

* vsphere_virtual_machine.rhl7: network '*label' not found

When the label includes folder, it deploys fine but it does not match the label returned when planning/applying:

  network_interface {
      label = "folder/label"
      ipv4_address = "10.0.0.10"
      ipv4_prefix_length = "24"
      ipv4_gateway = "10.0.0.1"
  }

terraform plan
[...]
    network_interface.0.label:              "label" => "folder/label" (forces new resource)

[GuillaumeMorini]

same for me here

[becks]

I have the same problem. Thanks!

[sizgiyaev]

Hi, is there a solution for the issue?

[lvlie]

+1
This is still the same in 0.9.1. We use a workaround to be able to add resources without existing resources being recreated, but this adds other problems if you would want to change the network (requires a taint first):

lifecycle {
  ignore_changes = ["network_interface"]
}

[sidhurana]

Hi,

My network label is "v686 10.10.0.0/16" So, it contains space and forward slash. While executing i am getting same error : Network not found.

Any idea how to get rid of this ?

Thanks,
Sudhir

[stravze]

Hello What version of terraform you running ? Regards James

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[sidhurana]

Hi James,

Terraform version: 0.9.2

[sidhurana]

Just tried with latest version.i.e. 0.10.5. Got same results.

[stravze]

yeah was thinking in a later version might fix this

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[Malet]

I've also run into this same issue on the latest version 0.10.6 @lvlie thanks for the workaround!

There is also a bug report in the provider repo: hashicorp/terraform-provider-vsphere#11

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