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"Run 'terraform get'" on all external modules

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Installation details

IDE version (Help->About->Copy to Clipboard): RubyMine 2018.2.3
intellij-hcl plugin version (Settings->Plugins): 0.6.12
Terraform version (terraform -v): 0.11.8

Terraform Configuration Files

module "vpc" {
  source                            = "terraform-aws-modules/vpc/aws"
  name                              = "${var.customer}-${var.application}-${var.env}-vpc"
  cidr                              = "${var.cidr}"

  azs                               = ["${data.aws_availability_zones.available.names}"]
  private_subnets                   = ["${var.private_subnets}"]
  public_subnets                    = ["${var.public_subnets}"]
  database_subnets                  = ["${var.database_subnets}"]

  enable_nat_gateway                = true
  single_nat_gateway                = true

  tags = {
    Terraform   = true
    Client      = "${var.customer}"
    Application = "${var.application}"
    Environment = "${var.env}"
  }
}

Exception

Expected Behavior

No terraform errors

Actual Behavior

Can't locate module locally: No .terraform found under project directory, please run `terraform get` in appropriate place more... (⌘F1)

Steps to Reproduce

rm -fr .terraform
terraform init
open a .tf file that contains a “source” to a module that is loaded from an external source, such as the Terraform registry (see the VPC module) or Git(Hub)
terraform get
goto 3.

Issue Analytics

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Created 5 years ago
Reactions:14
Comments:32 (8 by maintainers)

Top GitHub Comments

7reactions

c33scommented, May 2, 2019

upgraded to 0.6.14 but still have the error.

terrafrom code:

module "foo" {
  source = "git::ssh://git@gitlab.com/example/terraform/modules/foo.git?ref=master"
  count = "${terraform.workspace == "production" ? 1 : 0}"
}

Can’t locate module locally: Terraform Module ‘foo’ with source ‘git::ssh://git@gitlab.com/example/terraform/modules/foo.git?ref=master’ directory not found locally, use 'terraform get` to fetch modules

4reactions

matschaffercommented, Jan 23, 2020

I ran into this on 0.7.7 & terraform 0.12 as well. Then noticed this in the logs

2020-01-23 15:20:42,512 [  31127]   WARN - nfig.model.ModuleDetectionUtil - File PsiDirectory:/Users/mat/safecast/infrastructure/terraform/common is not under project root
2020-01-23 15:20:42,512 [  31127]   WARN - nfig.model.ModuleDetectionUtil - No .terraform found under project directory, please run `terraform get` in appropriate place
2020-01-23 15:20:42,512 [  31127]   WARN - nfig.model.ModuleDetectionUtil - Terraform Module 'map_test' with source 'github.com/riboseinc/terraform-aws-s3-cloudfront-website' directory not found locally, use `terraform get` to fetch modules.

If I switch around my file paths so that my terraform files are under my project root, things seem to work.

Here’s the before/after filesystem tree to hopefully provide better context

Previous structure:

./safecast/safecastapi [project root]
./safecast/infrastructure [imported as generic module]
./safecast/infrastructure/terraform

New structure:

./safecast/api [project root]
./safecast/api/safecastapi [ruby module]
./safecast/api/infrastructure [just a directory under "api" project root]
./safecast/api/infrastructure/terraform

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