Docs ibm_is_instance argument primary_network_interface is required

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Terraform CLI and Terraform IBM Provider Version

Affected Resource(s)

• ibm_is_instance

terraform version

tf2 $ tf version
Terraform v1.1.8
on darwin_amd64
+ provider registry.terraform.io/ibm-cloud/ibm v1.40.1

Your version of Terraform is out of date! The latest version
is 1.1.9. You can update by downloading from https://www.terraform.io/downloads.html

Docs and Diagnostics

https://registry.terraform.io/providers/IBM-Cloud/ibm/latest/docs/resources/is_instance#primary_network_interface

The primary network interface claims to be Optional. But if omitted:

tf2 $ tfa
╷
│ Error: Missing required argument
│
│   with ibm_is_instance.onprem,
│   on onprem.tf line 46, in resource "ibm_is_instance" "onprem":
│   46:   image          = data.ibm_is_image.os.id
│
│ "image": all of `image,keys,primary_network_interface,profile,vpc,zone` must be specified
╵

If there is a special case where these are optional (instance_template?) then that needs to be described in the docs.

Better diagnostics should be provided by the provider.

Expected, something like:

44: resource "ibm_is_instance" "onprem" {

primary_network_interface must be specified or a instance_template with a primary_network_interface must be supplied

Actual:

warning above, "imag": all of ....

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Debug Output

Panic Output

Expected Behavior

Actual Behavior

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform apply

[powellquiring]

Take a careful look at image,keys,primary_network_interface,profile,vpc,zone

[astha-jain]

Are we good to close? @powellquiring

[powellquiring]

Is this in production? Or where can I try it out and see the docs?

[ujjwal-ibm]

https://registry.terraform.io/providers/IBM-Cloud/ibm/latest/docs/resources/is_instance#primary_network_interface