Terraform: provider.aws: no suitable version installed

[sudlo]

Hi

hello sorry to bump this old topic but i have a similar issue. I am trying to create 2-3 instances so when i plan it some times gives me the details and some times i get the error message

but when i tried to validate i get the below error message
c:\terraform>terraform validate

Error: 1 error(s) occurred:

* provider.aws: no suitable version installed
  version requirements: "(any version)"
  versions installed: none

can some one guide me what do i need to do

[bennycornelissen]

Hi @sudlo,

from what you're telling us it looks like you don't have any providers installed. Providers (basically 'libraries' so that Terraform understands various APIs) are no longer bundled with Terraform. This means you can upgrade Terraform while sticking to an older provider version or vice versa. It also means Terraform will not understand your code if no provider is present.

Fortunately you can easily fix this by running terraform init. This command sets up Terraform so that it can apply your code. It'll download providers and modules where necessary. You need to run this command at least once.

[sudlo]

@bennycornelissen thank you for your response i did , but i am getting the same error..

[bennycornelissen]

Could you post the exact code you're trying to run and the output of your terminal? Also, which version of Terraform are you using, and on what operating system?

[MEOWMEOW114]

I faced the same issue and terraform init did fix my problem.

Thanks

[hashibot]

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[withinboredom]

Sounds like a bug @hashibot ... could probably be a better error message here.

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