tags/annotations cause error or don't get created

[tigelane]

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Terraform Version

Terraform v0.13.2
+ provider registry.terraform.io/ciscodevnet/aci v0.5.0

APIC version and APIC Platform

• https://sandboxapicdc.cisco.com/ 4.1(1k)
• 4.2(2f)

Affected Resource(s)

• Many - Tenant, AP, VRF/CTX, Bridge Domain
• Seems like anything that uses Annotations

Terraform Configuration Files

resource "aci_tenant" "tenant" {
  name        = "tagged_tenant"
  annotation  = "atag"
}
resource "aci_vrf" "vrf1" {
  tenant_dn   = aci_tenant.tenant.id
  name        = "single_tagged_vrf"
  annotation  = "atag"
}
resource "aci_application_profile" "ap" {
  tenant_dn   = aci_tenant.tenant.id
  name        = "single_tagged_ap"
  annotation  = "atag"
}
resource "aci_bridge_domain" "bd" {
  tenant_dn   = aci_tenant.tenant.id
  name        = "double_tagged_bd"
  annotation  = "atag,btag"
}

Expected Behavior

• tenant, vrf1, ap to have a single annotation atag on it once created.
• bd to have two annotations on it once created atag and btag.

Actual Behavior

• tenant, vrf1, ap are created, but no annotations are applied.
• bd is not created and errors (additional object with two tags error)

aci_tenant.tenant: Creating...
aci_tenant.tenant: Creation complete after 9s [id=uni/tn-tagged_tenant]
aci_application_profile.ap: Creating...
aci_vrf.vrf1: Creating...
aci_bridge_domain.bd: Creating...
aci_application_profile.ap: Creation complete after 1s [id=uni/tn-tagged_tenant/ap-single_tagged_ap]
aci_vrf.vrf1: Creation complete after 6s [id=uni/tn-tagged_tenant/ctx-single_tagged_vrf]

Error: property annotation of BD-double_tagged_bd failed validation for value 'atag,btag'

  on main.tf line 23, in resource "aci_bridge_domain" "bd":
  23: resource "aci_bridge_domain" "bd" {

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform apply
2. Go look at created objects with single annotation or see error if you tried to add two annotations.

Important Factoids

Not that I can think of.

[nkatarmal-crest]

@tigelane APIC API doesn't allow to pass multiple annotations that way. Also with new versions of APIC tags in the UI are pointing to tagInst object rather than annotation parameter. So you are not able to view it in the UI.

CC: @lhercot @vfiftyfive

[tigelane]

Ah thank you @nkatarmal-crest It seems that tagInst isn't implemented in the provider yet. Maybe this should be a feature request vs bug?

[nkatarmal-crest]

@tigelane It should be a feature request for a new resource. I am closing this one out as it's not causing any issues in the code.