VM deployment from OVF is failing, Terraform crash, SCSI controller: panic: interface conversion: interface is nil, not types.BaseVirtualDevice #1138

sumitAgrawal007 · 2020-07-19T13:58:16Z

vSphere Provider Version

v1.21.0

Affected Resource(s)

virtual_machine

If this issue appears to affect multiple resources, it may be an issue with
Terraform's core, so please mention this.
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Terraform Configuration Files

data "vsphere_datacenter" "dc" {
  name = "Sample_DC_2"
}

data "vsphere_datastore" "datastore" {
  name          = "Shared_NFS_Volume"
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id
}

data "vsphere_resource_pool" "pool" {
  name          = "Cluster1/Resources"
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id
}

data "vsphere_host" "host" {
  name          = "10.78.185.98"
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id
}


resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "vmFromRemoteOvf" {
  name                       = "vm3"
  resource_pool_id           = data.vsphere_resource_pool.pool.id
  datastore_id               = data.vsphere_datastore.datastore.id
  host_system_id             = data.vsphere_host.host.id
  wait_for_guest_net_timeout = 0
  wait_for_guest_ip_timeout  = 0
  datacenter_id              = data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id
  ovf_deploy {
    // Url to remote ovf/ova file
    local_ovf_path = "/Users/asumit/Downloads/smallvm/yVM.ova"
  }
}

Debug Output

2020-07-19T19:06:01.766+0530 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere: 2020/07/19 19:06:01 [DEBUG] ReadSCSIBusType: SCSI controller layout for first 1 controllers:
2020-07-19T19:06:01.768+0530 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere: panic: interface conversion: interface is nil, not types.BaseVirtualDevice

2020-07-19T19:05:57.788+0530 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere: 2020/07/19 19:05:57 [DEBUG] VM "/Sample_DC_2/vm/vm3" found for UUID "4219ac4e-77e4-612f-2209-decc338576ae"
2020-07-19T19:05:57.788+0530 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere: 2020/07/19 19:05:57 [DEBUG] Fetching properties for VM "/Sample_DC_2/vm/vm3"
2020-07-19T19:05:58.593+0530 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere: 2020/07/19 19:05:58 [DEBUG] MOID for VM "/Sample_DC_2/vm/vm3" is "vm-81"
2020-07-19T19:05:58.593+0530 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere: 2020/07/19 19:05:58 [DEBUG] Locating vApp container with ID resgroup-43
2020-07-19T19:05:58.909+0530 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere: 2020/07/19 19:05:58 [DEBUG] Locating datastore with ID "datastore-61"
2020-07-19T19:05:59.318+0530 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere: 2020/07/19 19:05:59 [DEBUG] Datastore with ID "datastore-61" found
2020-07-19T19:06:01.356+0530 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere: 2020/07/19 19:06:01 [DEBUG] queryAssociatedProfile: Retrieving storage policy of server object of type [virtualMachine] and key [vm-81].
2020-07-19T19:06:01.766+0530 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere: 2020/07/19 19:06:01 [DEBUG] ReadSCSIBusType: SCSI controller layout for first 1 controllers:
2020-07-19T19:06:01.768+0530 [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere: panic: interface conversion: interface is nil, not types.BaseVirtualDevice

Panic Output

https://gist.github.com/sumitAgrawal007/265aab2f227148da5758a8de36904b3b

Expected Behavior

VM should have been deployed successfully from OVA.

Actual Behavior

Terraform crashed

Steps to Reproduce

Important Factoids

This was working in release 1.19, could have been broken after this change
#1118
failing here https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vsphere/blob/master/vsphere/internal/virtualdevice/virtual_machine_device_subresource.go#L707

References

#1118

#0000

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bill-rich · 2020-07-20T23:31:37Z

Thanks for reporting this @sumitAgrawal007. I have a pretty good idea on the cause of the issue, but can you give me an example OVA to deploy from that will reproduce the issue?

sumitAgrawal007 · 2020-07-21T07:04:58Z

You can use this https://onevmw-my.sharepoint.com/:u:/g/personal/asumit_vmware_com/EQypS-UTEiVPk43udMcebSsB7-ooPrrGTjsuGLHW4qtr4g?e=rRCtcU

teamosceola · 2020-08-21T02:59:12Z

I can confirm that I am seeing the exact same problem as the OP.

Terraform version

0.13.0

Go runtime version

go1.14.2

vSphere Provider Version

v1.22.0

Terraform Configuration File

provider "vsphere" {
  user           = var.vsphere_username
  password       = var.vsphere_password
  vsphere_server = var.vsphere_ip

  # If you have a self-signed cert
  allow_unverified_ssl = true
}

data "vsphere_datacenter" "dc" {
  name = "enclave"
}

data "vsphere_datastore" "datastore" {
  name = "iscsi_datastore"
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id
}

data "vsphere_resource_pool" "pool" {
  name          = "cluster/Resources"
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id
}

data "vsphere_host" "host" {
  name = "esxhost.example.com"
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id
}

data "vsphere_network" "network0" {
  name          = "management_external"
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id
}

resource "vsphere_virtual_machine" "d004bkup01" {
  name  = "d004bkup01"
  resource_pool_id  = data.vsphere_resource_pool.pool.id
  datastore_id  = data.vsphere_datastore.datastore.id
  host_system_id  = data.vsphere_host.host.id
  wait_for_guest_net_timeout = 0
  wait_for_guest_ip_timeout  = 0
  datacenter_id = data.vsphere_datacenter.dc.id
  ovf_deploy {
    local_ovf_path       = "/mnt/vm_templates/Rubrik/rubrik-va-edge-trial-esx-5.2.0-p2-9418.ova"
    disk_provisioning    = "thin"
    ovf_network_map = {
      "VM Network" = data.vsphere_network.network0.id
    }
  }
}

Debug Output

2020-08-21T02:31:31.661Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] PowerOn task for VM "/enclave/vm/d004bkup01" was successful.
2020-08-21T02:31:31.661Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] Fetching properties for VM "/enclave/vm/d004bkup01"
2020-08-21T02:31:31.671Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] Skipping IP waiter for VM "/enclave/vm/d004bkup01"
2020-08-21T02:31:31.671Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] Skipping network waiter for VM "/enclave/vm/d004bkup01"
2020-08-21T02:31:31.671Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] vsphere_virtual_machine (ID = 42096896-974d-c6b6-902e-e9150be7898d): Create complete
2020-08-21T02:31:31.671Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] vsphere_virtual_machine (ID = 42096896-974d-c6b6-902e-e9150be7898d): Reading state of virtual machine
2020-08-21T02:31:31.671Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] Locating virtual machine with UUID "42096896-974d-c6b6-902e-e9150be7898d"
2020-08-21T02:31:31.671Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] Using SearchIndex to look up UUID "42096896-974d-c6b6-902e-e9150be7898d"
2020-08-21T02:31:31.679Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] VM "/enclave/vm/d004bkup01" found for UUID "42096896-974d-c6b6-902e-e9150be7898d"
2020-08-21T02:31:31.679Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] Fetching properties for VM "/enclave/vm/d004bkup01"
2020-08-21T02:31:31.687Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] MOID for VM "/enclave/vm/d004bkup01" is "vm-62"
2020-08-21T02:31:31.687Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] Locating vApp container with ID resgroup-9
2020-08-21T02:31:31.690Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] Locating datastore with ID "datastore-24"
2020-08-21T02:31:31.692Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] Datastore with ID "datastore-24" found
2020-08-21T02:31:31.713Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] queryAssociatedProfile: Retrieving storage policy of server object of type [virtualMachine] and key [vm-62].
2020-08-21T02:31:31.818Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] ReadSCSIBusType: SCSI controller layout for first 1 controllers: <nil>
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: panic: interface conversion: interface is nil, not types.BaseVirtualDevice
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: goroutine 65 [running]:
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vsphere/vsphere/internal/virtualdevice.ReadSCSIBusType(0xc000107e00, 0xe, 0x10, 0x1, 0xc0006720c0, 0x1)
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 	/opt/teamcity-agent/work/5d79fe75d4460a2f/src/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vsphere/vsphere/internal/virtualdevice/virtual_machine_device_subresource.go:707 +0x21d
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vsphere/vsphere.resourceVSphereVirtualMachineRead(0xc000144d90, 0x144fec0, 0xc00063c980, 0x1, 0x1)
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 	/opt/teamcity-agent/work/5d79fe75d4460a2f/src/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vsphere/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go:549 +0xbf2
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vsphere/vsphere.resourceVSphereVirtualMachineCreate(0xc000144d90, 0x144fec0, 0xc00063c980, 0x2, 0x270e500)
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 	/opt/teamcity-agent/work/5d79fe75d4460a2f/src/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vsphere/vsphere/resource_vsphere_virtual_machine.go:432 +0x621
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema.(*Resource).Apply(0xc000111900, 0xc00087c500, 0xc00070d100, 0x144fec0, 0xc00063c980, 0x1485c01, 0xc00012b708, 0xc0006649c0)
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 	/opt/teamcity-agent/work/5d79fe75d4460a2f/src/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vsphere/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema/resource.go:305 +0x365
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema.(*Provider).Apply(0xc000190c80, 0xc0007fb8e0, 0xc00087c500, 0xc00070d100, 0xc0006674c8, 0xc0000bab30, 0x1487b20)
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 	/opt/teamcity-agent/work/5d79fe75d4460a2f/src/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vsphere/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/helper/schema/provider.go:294 +0x99
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/internal/helper/plugin.(*GRPCProviderServer).ApplyResourceChange(0xc00000e180, 0x1b0e4c0, 0xc0005de180, 0xc0000bc8a0, 0xc00000e180, 0xc0005de180, 0xc000877a48)
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 	/opt/teamcity-agent/work/5d79fe75d4460a2f/src/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vsphere/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/internal/helper/plugin/grpc_provider.go:885 +0x8b4
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/internal/tfplugin5._Provider_ApplyResourceChange_Handler(0x1713940, 0xc00000e180, 0x1b0e4c0, 0xc0005de180, 0xc0000bc840, 0x0, 0x1b0e4c0, 0xc0005de180, 0xc000159000, 0xdce)
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 	/opt/teamcity-agent/work/5d79fe75d4460a2f/src/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vsphere/vendor/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-plugin-sdk/internal/tfplugin5/tfplugin5.pb.go:3189 +0x217
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: google.golang.org/grpc.(*Server).processUnaryRPC(0xc0000e0160, 0x1b1aa00, 0xc00008ad80, 0xc000106300, 0xc000478120, 0x26d3e60, 0x0, 0x0, 0x0)
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 	/opt/teamcity-agent/work/5d79fe75d4460a2f/src/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vsphere/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/server.go:995 +0x460
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: google.golang.org/grpc.(*Server).handleStream(0xc0000e0160, 0x1b1aa00, 0xc00008ad80, 0xc000106300, 0x0)
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 	/opt/teamcity-agent/work/5d79fe75d4460a2f/src/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vsphere/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/server.go:1275 +0xd3d
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: google.golang.org/grpc.(*Server).serveStreams.func1.1(0xc00003e190, 0xc0000e0160, 0x1b1aa00, 0xc00008ad80, 0xc000106300)
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 	/opt/teamcity-agent/work/5d79fe75d4460a2f/src/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vsphere/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/server.go:710 +0xa1
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: created by google.golang.org/grpc.(*Server).serveStreams.func1
2020-08-21T02:31:31.820Z [DEBUG] plugin.terraform-provider-vsphere_v1.22.0_x4: 	/opt/teamcity-agent/work/5d79fe75d4460a2f/src/github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-vsphere/vendor/google.golang.org/grpc/server.go:708 +0xa1
2020/08/21 02:31:31 [DEBUG] vsphere_virtual_machine.d004bkup01: apply errored, but we're indicating that via the Error pointer rather than returning it: rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = transport is closing

Fixes #1138

ghost · 2020-10-10T05:12:17Z

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Fixes hashicorp#1138

sumitAgrawal007 added the bug Type: Bug label Jul 19, 2020

sumitAgrawal007 changed the title ~~VM deployment from OVF is failing, Terraform crash~~ VM deployment from OVF is failing, Terraform crash, SCSI controller: panic: interface conversion: interface is nil, not types.BaseVirtualDevice Jul 19, 2020

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Skip SCSI controller check when empty

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Fixes #1138

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Skip SCSI controller check when empty #1179

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Skip SCSI controller check when empty (#1179)

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Fixes #1138

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Skip SCSI controller check when empty (hashicorp#1179)

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VM deployment from OVF is failing, Terraform crash, SCSI controller: panic: interface conversion: interface is nil, not types.BaseVirtualDevice #1138

VM deployment from OVF is failing, Terraform crash, SCSI controller: panic: interface conversion: interface is nil, not types.BaseVirtualDevice #1138

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vSphere Provider Version

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Actual Behavior

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