{"id":10904,"date":"2023-09-18T04:09:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-18T04:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/?p=10904"},"modified":"2023-09-18T04:09:39","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T04:09:39","slug":"terraform-error-error-invalid-referenceterraform-error","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scmgalaxy.com\/tutorials\/terraform-error-error-invalid-referenceterraform-error\/","title":{"rendered":"Terraform Error: Error: Invalid referenceTerraform Error:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Error<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>C:\\Users\\Rajesh Kumar\\Desktop\\Terarform\\proj1>terraform validate\r\n\u2577\r\n\u2502 Error: Invalid reference\r\n\u2502\r\n\u2502   on aws.tf line 2, in resource \"aws_instance\" \"web\":\r\n\u2502    2:   ami           = ami-053b0d53c279acc90\r\n\u2502\r\n\u2502 A reference to a resource type must be followed by at least one attribute access, specifying the resource name.<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bad Code<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>resource \"aws_instance\" \"web\" {\r\n  ami           = ami-053b0d53c279acc90\r\n  instance_type = \"t3.micro\"\r\n\r\n  tags = {\r\n    Name = \"HelloWorld\"\r\n  }\r\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Good Code<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<pre class=\"wp-block-code\"><code>resource \"aws_instance\" \"web\" {\r\n  ami           = \"ami-053b0d53c279acc90\"\r\n  instance_type = \"t3.micro\"\r\n\r\n  tags = {\r\n    Name = \"HelloWorld\"\r\n  }\r\n}<\/code><\/pre>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Missing the String Quote. Check the list of Datatypes in terraform<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The following is a list of data types in Terraform:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Primitive types:<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>String: A sequence of Unicode characters representing some text, such as &#8220;hello&#8221;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Number: A numeric value. 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