Build does not go through

[eliassal]

Hi there,

I am following the "Building The Provider", tried on a win machine a swell as fedora, when I run "build make", I get

make: *** No rule to make target 'build'. Stop.

Is there any release that I can download?

Thanbks for your help

[MarkusRannare]

There is a release here:
https://github.com/taliesins/terraform-provider-hyperv/releases/tag/v1.0.3

If you want to build the provider, you can just do a
go build && go install .

I have generally used the provider by just adding:

terraform {
  required_providers {
    hyperv = {
      source  = "taliesins/hyperv"
      version = "1.0.3"
    }
  }
}

to my .tf-file

[eliassal]

Thanks Markus, sorry for my late response. If I understand well, I don't need to download anything to my dev box, just add the snippet in the tf file? am I correct?

[MarkusRannare]

No problem!

You don't need to download the source on your dev box unless you want to run the latest version. You just need to stick the snippet I pasted at top of your terraform file and it will download the provider from the terraform registry

Tutorials for terraform is available here:
https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/tutorials/aws-get-started/aws-build

[eliassal]

So many thanks Markus for your prompt response. I work in an environment where cloud is not an option, I need to use terraform against local Hyper-V or maybe VMware VMs. Is there any tutorial around this?

[MarkusRannare]

I would recommend checking out the documentation in the terraform registry:
https://registry.terraform.io/providers/taliesins/hyperv/latest/docs
or if you want to go with WMware vSphere, check out: https://registry.terraform.io/modules/Terraform-VMWare-Modules/vm/vsphere/latest

The tutorials I posted was just general Terraform tutorials that can help you understand Terraform and then apply it to use it with any provider. I learned from tutorials targetting AWS as that's what's Terraform is generally used for and then started using this provider

[eliassal]

Again thanks, I will do but try to play with azure as I have a personal subscription. Then I will try to apply it to Hyper-V environment as it is 90% of the env, only 10% VMware is used

[eliassal]

Hi Markus, I started playing with the provider, followed all instructions regarding Requirements at the main page, created a main.tf, I run
terraform plan -out=tfplan -var="imagebuild=test"
everything works like a charm and I get tfplan correctly created, I start the command to apply

terraform apply "tfplan"

It starts by indicating

[salam7]: PS C:\Projects\AzureDevOpsProjects\terraform\Test-HyperV> terraform apply "tfplan"
hyperv_vhd.web_server_g2_vhd: Creating...
hyperv_network_switch.dmz_network_switch: Creating...
hyperv_vhd.web_server_g1_vhd: Creating...
hyperv_network_switch.dmz_network_switch: Still creating... [10s elapsed]
hyperv_vhd.web_server_g1_vhd: Still creating... [10s elapsed]
hyperv_vhd.web_server_g2_vhd: Still creating... [10s elapsed]
hyperv_network_switch.dmz_network_switch: Still creating... [20s elapsed]
hyperv_vhd.web_server_g1_vhd: Still creating... [20s elapsed]
hyperv_vhd.web_server_g2_vhd: Still creating... [20s elapsed]
hyperv_vhd.web_server_g2_vhd: Still creating... [30s elapsed]
hyperv_vhd.web_server_g1_vhd: Still creating... [30s elapsed]
hyperv_network_switch.dmz_network_switch: Still creating... [30s elapsed]

Then, it starts complaining and generating errors

│ Error: run command operation returned
│ stderr:
│ (12,8):UserId:
│ At C:\Users\salam.SALAM\AppData\Local\Temp\elevated-shell-terraform-2Im6GUha0l9fj172dKFdfLzZT81.ps1:85 char:3
│ + $folder.RegisterTaskDefinition($taskName, $task, 6, $username, $pas ...
│ + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
│ + CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [], ArgumentException
│ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException
│
│ The system cannot find the file specified. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070002)
│ At C:\Users\salam.SALAM\AppData\Local\Temp\elevated-shell-terraform-2Im6GUha0l9fj172dKFdfLzZT81.ps1:86 char:3
│ + $registeredTask = $folder.GetTask("$taskName");
│ + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
│ + CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [], FileNotFoundException
│ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.FileNotFoundException
│
│ You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
│ At C:\Users\salam.SALAM\AppData\Local\Temp\elevated-shell-terraform-2Im6GUha0l9fj172dKFdfLzZT81.ps1:87 char:3
│ + $registeredTask.Run($null) | Out-Null;
│ + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
│ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
│ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
│ stdOut:
│
│
│ with hyperv_network_switch.dmz_network_switch,
│ on main.tf line 21, in resource "hyperv_network_switch" "dmz_network_switch":
│ 21: resource "hyperv_network_switch" "dmz_network_switch" {
│
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│ Error: run command operation returned
│ stderr:
│ (12,8):UserId:
│ At C:\Users\salam.SALAM\AppData\Local\Temp\elevated-shell-terraform-2Im6GWohvRcFgIUxpPcu9qUhbtM.ps1:85 char:3
│ + $folder.RegisterTaskDefinition($taskName, $task, 6, $username, $pas ...
│ + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
│ + CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [], ArgumentException
│ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException
│
│ The system cannot find the file specified. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070002)
│ At C:\Users\salam.SALAM\AppData\Local\Temp\elevated-shell-terraform-2Im6GWohvRcFgIUxpPcu9qUhbtM.ps1:86 char:3
│ + $registeredTask = $folder.GetTask("$taskName");
│ + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
│ + CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [], FileNotFoundException
│ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.FileNotFoundException
│
│ You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
│ At C:\Users\salam.SALAM\AppData\Local\Temp\elevated-shell-terraform-2Im6GWohvRcFgIUxpPcu9qUhbtM.ps1:87 char:3

In spite of the fact that the files are there (on my box longpathname is enabled in the registry to 1)

[taliesins]

@eliassal give the new provider https://github.com/taliesins/terraform-provider-hyperv/releases/tag/v1.0.4 a go. It has fixed a number of bugs.

[eliassal]

Hi, I updated to 1.0.4 but still getting the exact same errors

Error: checking for existing H:\Hyper-V\Vistual Hard Disks\web_server_g2.vhdx: run command operation returned
│ stderr:
│ (12,8):UserId:
│ At C:\Users\salam.SALAM\AppData\Local\Temp\elevated-shell-terraform-2IwOx787lEl98X8ZT1VrwNaYxT6.ps1:85 char:3
│ + $folder.RegisterTaskDefinition($taskName, $task, 6, $username, $pas ...
│ + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
│ + CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [], ArgumentException
│ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.ArgumentException
│
│ The system cannot find the file specified. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80070002)
│ At C:\Users\salam.SALAM\AppData\Local\Temp\elevated-shell-terraform-2IwOx787lEl98X8ZT1VrwNaYxT6.ps1:86 char:3
│ + $registeredTask = $folder.GetTask("$taskName");
│ + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
│ + CategoryInfo : OperationStopped: (:) [], FileNotFoundException
│ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : System.IO.FileNotFoundException
│
│ You cannot call a method on a null-valued expression.
│ At C:\Users\salam.SALAM\AppData\Local\Temp\elevated-shell-terraform-2IwOx787lEl98X8ZT1VrwNaYxT6.ps1:87 char:3
│ + $registeredTask.Run($null) | Out-Null;
│ + ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
│ + CategoryInfo : InvalidOperation: (:) [], RuntimeException
│ + FullyQualifiedErrorId : InvokeMethodOnNull
│ stdOut:
│
│
│ with hyperv_vhd.web_server_g2_vhd,
│ on main.tf line 63, in resource "hyperv_vhd" "web_server_g2_vhd":
│ 63: resource "hyperv_vhd" "web_server_g2_vhd" {

[eliassal]

@taliesins , can you tell me please why did you close this thread?

[taliesins]

@eliassal it is still open?

Can you post the exact example you are using (delete the password of course) so that I can try to reproduce locally.
Are you running this with the Administrator user or another one?
Are you running this on a machine that is not domain joined? Thinking GPO policies might be causing some problems.

[eliassal]

Enclosed is the main.tf in a zip file
I log to the machine with my user who is local admin as well as domain admin. I run other terraform files using azure or Aws providers.
It is in my domain in home-office network;
main.zip
no GPO policies

[eliassal]

hi taliesinsm any feedback please

[taliesins]

@eliassal

These are the only changes I made to your file

provider "hyperv" {
  # Configuration options
}


# variable "imagebuild" {
#   type        = string
#   description = "Latest Image Build"
# }

It worked fine for me, so I assume its something to do with the setup on your machine.

[eliassal]

Hi, your response gave me a hint. In fact, my local Hyper-V is in a machine which is part of a domain. The user I was using was missing the domain, I added

provider "hyperv" {
user = "mydomain\myuser"
password = "mypassword"
}

and it went through like a charm. Boh VMs were in running status.

Now, let me ask the following question : how can I trigger the installation of windows server / linux fedora or ubuntu in the main.tf? Do you have any template of examples for achieving this? Also, ig Hyper-V was not local, how can we tell terraform that it is a remote Hyper-V?

So many thanks for your help.

[taliesins]

If you want to create a new golden image I would recommend: https://developer.hashicorp.com/packer/plugins/builders/hyperv/iso (I contributed a lot to this one, so it works in a similar way to this Terraform provider) Packer has the functionality to emulate key presses, so if you need to setup a machine from scratch this would be my first choice.

Otherwise you would need to start the vm with a preseed (linux fedora) or unattend.xml (windows) to configure it at startup. It would be way easier to achieve this if #36 was in place.

[eliassal]

Again thanks the 1st link need sometime to absorb. I visited the 2nd link I dont see any hint of making a data source file pointing to an isom it just init with users what I need is an example of unattended/data resource file with a win lest say 2019 iso image if possible