Error in gitlab-ci when trying to use hashicorp/dir/template module

Question

I'm getting the error that base_dir is an invalid argument. But according to the documentation on the hashicorp repo, it's a required string.

Here's my main.tf:

terraform {
  backend "http" {}
  required_providers {
    gitlab = {
      source  = "gitlabhq/gitlab"
      version = "~> 3.1"
    }
    aws = {
      source  = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = "~> 3.27"
    }
  }
  required_version = ">= 0.14.9"
}

module "template_files" {
  source   = "hashicorp/dir/template"
  base_dir = "${path.module}/../frontend"
}

Any ideas as to why gitlab would not be able to see the module properly? I'm just trying to get my files into the s3 bucket, but I can't even get a plan to run yet. Thanks in advance!

Answer 1

Today I faced the same issue. To resolve the issue I removed .terraform/ and update the package to 1.3.1 (I have started in 1.2.9 but changed to 1.3.1, when the issue started). After removed the folder, ran terraform init again and configured the CI image for hashicorp/terraform:1.3.1. Worked for me, I hope the same to you