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Terraform · layer 6, Platform & cloud
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Dockerfile parse error line N: unknown instruction
A line in the Dockerfile doesn’t start with a valid instruction — usually a broken line continuation or a typo.
Terraform: Error: building AzureRM Client: obtaining subscription ID / Please run 'az login' to setup account
The AzureRM provider can't find Azure credentials or a subscription.
Terraform: Error: Invalid AWS Region: us-east-3 / Error: configuring Terraform AWS Provider: validating provider credentials: operation error STS: GetCallerIdentity
The `region` is invalid/unavailable, or the provider can't reach AWS endpoints to validate credentials.
Terraform: Error: Unsupported argument — An argument named "enable_foo" is not expected here
A resource/module block uses an argument the provider/module schema doesn't have.
Terraform: Error: Missing required argument — The argument "ami" is required, but no definition was found
A resource/module block lacks an argument the schema requires.
Terraform: Error: Inconsistent conditional result types — The true and false result expressions must have consistent types
A `cond ? a : b` expression returns values of different types/shapes.
Terraform: Error: No valid credential sources found — failed to refresh cached credentials, no EC2 IMDS role found / Error: configuring Terraform AWS Provider: no valid credential sources
The AWS provider found no credentials (env vars, shared config, SSO, role, instance profile).
Terraform: Error: creating EC2 Instance: UnauthorizedOperation: You are not authorized to perform this operation. User: arn:aws:iam::123:user/ci is not authorized to perform: ec2:RunInstances
The IAM identity used by Terraform lacks a permission needed for that resource.
Terraform: Error: Duplicate resource "aws_s3_bucket" configuration — A aws_s3_bucket resource named "logs" was already declared at main.tf:1
The same resource, variable, output or provider is declared twice in the module.
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PHP Parse error: syntax error, unexpected …
PHP can’t parse the file because of a syntax mistake — the real error is often on the line before the one reported.
IndentationError: unexpected indent / expected an indented block
Python’s block structure is broken — inconsistent indentation or mixed tabs and spaces.
npm ERR! code ELIFECYCLE / Command failed with exit code 1
An npm script (build, start, test, postinstall) exited with an error. ELIFECYCLE is only the wrapper — the real error is printed…
AWS: ExpiredToken — The security token included in the request is expired
Temporary AWS credentials (STS/SSO/assumed role) have expired.
AWS: Unable to locate credentials / Could not load credentials from any providers
The AWS CLI/SDK found no credentials in any place it looks — env vars, profile files, SSO cache or an instance/task role.
AWS: SignatureDoesNotMatch / InvalidClientTokenId — the request signature we calculated does not match
AWS rejected the request signature — wrong secret key, wrong region, clock skew, or a presigned URL used differently from how it…
S3 PermanentRedirect: The bucket you are attempting to access must be addressed using the specified endpoint
The request went to the wrong S3 region/endpoint for that bucket.
InvalidKeyPair.NotFound: The key pair 'x' does not exist
The key pair name you passed doesn’t exist in that region (key pairs are regional).
InvalidAMIID.NotFound: The image id '[ami-xxxx]' does not exist
The AMI ID isn’t available in this region/account — AMI IDs are regional and private AMIs must be shared.
Terraform: Error: Unsupported block type — Blocks of type "versioning" are not expected here
A nested block doesn't exist in that resource's schema (renamed, removed or misplaced).
Terraform: Error: Unsupported attribute — This object has no argument, nested block, or exported attribute named "foo"
An expression references an attribute that the resource/data source/module output doesn't expose.
Terraform: Error: Invalid value for variable — "instance_type" must be a t3 type / The given value is not suitable for var.x declared at variables.tf:1,1-17: string required
A variable value failed its type or `validation` block.
Terraform: Error: No value for required variable — The root module input variable "region" is not set, and has no default value
A variable without a default wasn't supplied.
Terraform: Error: Invalid function argument — Invalid value for "list" parameter: list of string required / Call to function "lookup" failed
A built-in function got a wrong type/value (empty list, missing key, wrong type).
Terraform: Error: Invalid index — The given key does not identify an element in this collection value
You indexed a map/list/set with a key or position that doesn't exist.
UnrecognizedClientException: The security token included in the request is invalid
The access key or session token isn’t recognised — wrong/deleted key, a session token missing for temporary credentials, or a reg…
GitHub Actions: Error: Credentials could not be loaded, please check your action inputs: Could not load credentials from any providers
`aws-actions/configure-aws-credentials` found no usable credentials — no keys, no role to assume, or the OIDC token was not reque…
Jenkins: ERROR: Could not find credentials entry with ID 'github-token'
The Jenkinsfile references a credentials ID that does not exist in the scope Jenkins can see for this job.
AccessDeniedException: User: arn:aws:iam::... is not authorized to perform: service:Action on resource: ...
The IAM user or role making the call has no permission for that action on that resource — the message names both.
is not authorized to perform: sts:AssumeRole on resource: arn:aws:iam::...:role/...
The caller can’t assume the role — either its own policy doesn’t allow sts:AssumeRole, or the role’s trust policy doesn’t trust t…
Cloud Run: Error: Forbidden — Your client does not have permission to get URL / from this server
The Cloud Run service requires authentication and the caller has no valid identity token or the `roles/run.invoker` role.
Terraform: Error: Reference to undeclared resource / Reference to undeclared input variable
The configuration refers to a resource, data source, variable or module output that isn’t declared in this module.
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