Error
C:\Users\Rajesh Kumar\Desktop\Terarform\proj1>terraform validate
╷
│ Error: Invalid reference
│
│ on aws.tf line 2, in resource "aws_instance" "web":
│ 2: ami = ami-053b0d53c279acc90
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│ A reference to a resource type must be followed by at least one attribute access, specifying the resource name.Bad Code
resource "aws_instance" "web" {
ami = ami-053b0d53c279acc90
instance_type = "t3.micro"
tags = {
Name = "HelloWorld"
}
}Good Code
resource "aws_instance" "web" {
ami = "ami-053b0d53c279acc90"
instance_type = "t3.micro"
tags = {
Name = "HelloWorld"
}
}Missing the String Quote. Check the list of Datatypes in terraform
The following is a list of data types in Terraform:
- Primitive types:
- String: A sequence of Unicode characters representing some text, such as “hello”.
- Number: A numeric value. The number type can represent both whole numbers like 15 and fractional values such as 6.28318.
- Bool: Either true or false.
- Collection types:
- List: A sequence of values, like [“us-west-1a”, “us-west-1c”].
- Set: A collection of unique values that do not have any secondary identifiers or ordering.
- Map: A collection of key-value pairs, like { “key1”: “value1”, “key2”: “value2” }.
- Object: A collection of named attributes, like { “name”: “Terraform”, “version”: “1.2.3” }.
- Special type:
- Null: A value that represents absence or omission.
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