Terraform : How to use catalog name while creating VM

Question

I am trying to create the VM in VmWare Vcloud data center using terraform VCD provider. here is the entire code for that

what i have done

provider "vcd" {
  user                 = "abc"
  password             = "xyz"
  org                  = "I1250-Se"
  vdc                  = "I1250-Se"
  url                  = "https://nlu02.abc.com/api"
  max_retry_timeout    = "30"
  allow_unverified_ssl = "true"
}

resource "vcd_vapp" "web" {
  name = "web"
  power_on = "true"
}

data "vcd_vapp" "web" {
  name             = "web"
  org              = "I1250-Se"
}

data "vcd_catalog_item" "my-cat-item" {
  org  = "I1250-Se"
  name = data.vcd_catalog.my-cat.name
  catalog = data.vcd_catalog.my-cat.name
}

data "vcd_catalog" "my-cat" {
  org  = ""
  name = "ID120_ISO"
}


resource "vcd_vapp_vm" "web1" {
  vapp_name     = data.vcd_vapp.web.name
  name          = var.vmname
  catalog_name  = "ID120_ISO"
  template_name = ""
  memory        = 2048
  cpus          = 2
  cpu_cores     = 1
}

what is the error

vcd_vapp_vm.web1: Creating...

Error: error finding catalog: [ENF] entity not found

on main.tf line 33, in resource "vcd_vapp_vm" "web1": 33: resource "vcd_vapp_vm" "web1" {

environment

Terraform v0.12.18

OS :

Linux jenvm 4.4.0-142-generic #168-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 16 21:00:45 UTC 2019 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

what is expected

the script should accept the catalog name (which is already exist) and create the VM. another point to be noted is that , the catalog name which i am referring does not contain nay VApp template, so not sure how it will behave. what i am expecting is , it should accept the catalog name and use the media (ISO image) to install the OS on the newly created VM through terraform.

please suggest.

user2315104 user2315104 · Accepted Answer · 2020-01-20T12:12:43

currently such feature where creating VM without Vapp template is being scrutinized. catalog name should contain the VApp template , ISO image can not be considered as catalog name.

So in order to resolve this issue, upload the valid OVA file as VApp template and use in the code. Thanks

Terraform : How to use catalog name while creating VM

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