data - redfish_dell_idrac_attributes - "unexpected end of JSON input"

[robbycuenot]

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Terraform CLI and Terraform Redfish Provider Version

Terraform Cloud Workspace Version 1.7.0
Redfish Provider Version 1.1.0

Server(s) details and firmware version

Dell R930 (D8KQRD2)

iDRAC 8
BIOS Version 2.13.0
Firmware Version 2.85.85.85

Affected Resource(s)

data "redfish_dell_idrac_attributes"

Terraform Configuration Files

terraform {
  required_providers {
    redfish = {
      source = "dell/redfish"
      version = "1.1.0"
    }
  }
}

provider "redfish" {
    user = var.idrac_username
    password = var.idrac_password
}

data "redfish_dell_idrac_attributes" "idrac" {
  redfish_server {
    endpoint      = var.r930_idrac_endpoint
    ssl_insecure = true
  }
}

data "redfish_bios" "bios" {
  redfish_server {
    endpoint      = var.r930_idrac_endpoint
    ssl_insecure = true
  }
}

variable "idrac_username" {
  type = string
  sensitive = true
}

variable "idrac_password" {
  type = string
  sensitive = true
}

variable "r930_idrac_endpoint" {
  type = string
  sensitive = true
}

Debug Output

https://gist.github.com/robbycuenot/b1db72eb7a2e2d167498abe2ab140fe7

Panic Output

None

Expected Behavior

The data block should have been read and added to the state, as the BIOS attributes did.

Actual Behavior

After ~10 seconds, an unexpected EOF is received and the iDRAC attributes are not imported to the state

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform apply

Important Factoids

Running on terraform cloud, using a local linux agent with the official TFC container from here: https://hub.docker.com/r/hashicorp/tfc-agent/tags

Other resources work correctly, such as creating user accounts or retrieving BIOS attributes.

It is possible that this is a timeout issue, as the iDRACs tend to have slow response times.

References

[anupamaloke]

@robbycuenot, thank you for submitting this issue. Just so you know, the redfish provider does not officially support iDRAC8 yet, however, we will take a look internally. It could be due to the API response from iDRAC8. Could you please confirm whether you are receiving this error when using the provider with iDRAC9 as well?

[robbycuenot]

@anupamaloke I don't have an iDRAC 9 machine to test on unfortunately

[gokul-srivathsan]

@robbycuenot We are not able to reproduce in iDrac9. Hence closing this issue. However we will explore ways for giving more clear error message.