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Reconfigure required when switching directories
Terraform Version
Terraform v1.2.5
on linux_amd64
+ provider registry.terraform.io/azure/azapi v1.0.0
+ provider registry.terraform.io/databricks/databricks v1.6.1
+ provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/azuread v2.29.0
+ provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/azurerm v3.22.0
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Terraform Configuration Files
terraform {
required_providers {
azurerm = {
source = "hashicorp/azurerm"
version = "~>3.22.0"
}
databricks = {
source = "databricks/databricks"
version = "~>1.6.0"
}
azuread = {
source = "hashicorp/azuread"
version = "> 2.15.0"
}
}
backend "azurerm" {
resource_group_name = "**************"
storage_account_name = "**************"
container_name = "**************"
key = "**************"
subscription_id = "**************"
}
}
Debug Output
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [INFO] Terraform version: 1.2.5
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [DEBUG] using github.com/hashicorp/go-tfe v1.0.0
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [DEBUG] using github.com/hashicorp/hcl/v2 v2.12.0
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [DEBUG] using github.com/hashicorp/terraform-config-inspect v0.0.0-20210209133302-4fd17a0faac2
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [DEBUG] using github.com/hashicorp/terraform-svchost v0.0.0-20200729002733-f050f53b9734
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [DEBUG] using github.com/zclconf/go-cty v1.10.0
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [INFO] Go runtime version: go1.18.1
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [INFO] CLI args: []string{"terraform", "apply", "--var-file", "../../root.tfvars"}
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [TRACE] Stdout is a terminal of width 119
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [TRACE] Stderr is a terminal of width 119
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [TRACE] Stdin is a terminal
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [DEBUG] Attempting to open CLI config file: /home/vscode/.terraformrc
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [DEBUG] File doesn't exist, but doesn't need to. Ignoring.
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory terraform.d/plugins
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory /home/vscode/.terraform.d/plugins
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory /home/vscode/.local/share/terraform/plugins
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory /usr/local/share/terraform/plugins
2022-10-27T12:01:14.436Z [DEBUG] ignoring non-existing provider search directory /usr/share/terraform/plugins
2022-10-27T12:01:14.437Z [INFO] CLI command args: []string{"apply", "--var-file", "../../root.tfvars"}
2022-10-27T12:01:14.446Z [TRACE] Meta.Backend: built configuration for "azurerm" backend with hash value 485025875
2022-10-27T12:01:14.446Z [TRACE] Preserving existing state lineage "f6c5aba6-f7e6-d215-3de0-361d1eb40609"
2022-10-27T12:01:14.446Z [TRACE] Preserving existing state lineage "f6c5aba6-f7e6-d215-3de0-361d1eb40609"
2022-10-27T12:01:14.446Z [TRACE] Meta.Backend: working directory was previously initialized for "azurerm" backend
2022-10-27T12:01:14.447Z [TRACE] backendConfigNeedsMigration: configuration values have changed, so migration is required
2022-10-27T12:01:14.447Z [TRACE] Meta.Backend: backend configuration has changed (from type "azurerm" to type "azurerm")
╷
│ Error: Backend initialization required: please run "terraform init"
│
│ Reason: Backend configuration block has changed
│
│ The "backend" is the interface that Terraform uses to store state,
│ perform operations, etc. If this message is showing up, it means that the
│ Terraform configuration you're using is using a custom configuration for
│ the Terraform backend.
│
│ Changes to backend configurations require reinitialization. This allows
│ Terraform to set up the new configuration, copy existing state, etc. Please run
│ "terraform init" with either the "-reconfigure" or "-migrate-state" flags to
│ use the current configuration.
│
│ If the change reason above is incorrect, please verify your configuration
│ hasn't changed and try again. At this point, no changes to your existing
│ configuration or state have been made.
╵
Especially this line i find strange:
2022-10-27T12:01:14.447Z [TRACE] Meta.Backend: backend configuration has changed (from type "azurerm" to type "azurerm")
Expected Behavior
I did not expect the requirement to add the -reconfigure flag because my configuration did not change.
Actual Behavior
Error: Backend initialization required
Steps to Reproduce
- cd DIR1
- Terraform init
- Terraform apply
- cd DIR2
- Terraform init
- cd DIR1
- terraform init
This init requires the -reconfigure flag while the configuration did not change.
Additional Context
No response
References
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HI @dsfrederic,
Thanks for filing the issue. I'm not able to replicate the problem from the given information. Were there any -backend-config
parameters given during the first init
? Have you by chance set TF_DATA_DIR
in your environment?
Thanks!
@jbardin
I do not make use of the -backend-config params.
It seems like $TF_DATA_DIR is set. What's the impact of this?
> echo $TF_DATA_DIR
/home/vscode/.terraform.cache
TF_DATA_DIR
tells terraform where to store per-working-directory data. If you change working directories then and run init
, you are overwriting the data stored in TF_DATA_DIR
, and will need to repeat the process again next time working the working directory changes. If you are not using shared backend config for all working directories, I would suggest not setting that environment variable.
Thanks!
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