Terraform level 1 - task 1, 'datacenter-kp' doesn't exist or or its type is not 'rsa'

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#1

resource “tls_private_key” “rsa_key” {
algorithm = “RSA”
rsa_bits = 4096
}

resource “aws_key_pair” “datacenter-kp” {
key_name = “datacenter-kp”
public_key = trimspace(tls_private_key.rsa_key.public_key_openssh)
tags = {
type = “rsa”
}
}

resource “local_file” “datacenter-kp_pem” {
content = “tls_private_key.rsa_key.private_key_pem”
filename = “/home/bob/datacenter-kp.pem”
file_permission = “0600”
}

output “key_type” {
value = “rsa”
}

I tried to create aws key pair & I mentioned the type RSA also but still I’m unable to clear this task

#2

First, please use a code block for this kind of code – pasting it directly into the edit window as you did garbles your code. Here’s what I think you meant:

resource "tls_private_key" "rsa_key" {
algorithm ="RSA"
rsa_bits = 4096
}

resource "aws_key_pair" "datacenter-kp" {
key_name ="datacenter-kp"
public_key = trimspace(tls_private_key.rsa_key.public_key_openssh)
tags = {
type ="rsa"
}
}

resource "local_file" "datacenter-kp_pem" {
content ="tls_private_key.rsa_key.private_key_pem"
filename ="/home/bob/datacenter-kp.pem"
file_permission ="0600"
}

Your code may lack spaces in some points of it that made it syntactically invalid. I can’t tell, again, because your code is garbled, and I had to add in spaces to make it parse correctly in terraform. The other possibility is that you’re not naming some of the items as the task expects.

Assuming I got your code correctly, then it does generate a PEM file that looks valid. But without knowing the exact wording of the task (this changes from each time you call up the task), I can’t be sure why the grader is unhappy.

#3

With a correction, and having applied terraform fmt:

resource "tls_private_key" "rsa_key" {
  algorithm = "RSA"
  rsa_bits  = 4096
}

resource "aws_key_pair" "datacenter-kp" {
  key_name   = "datacenter-kp"
  public_key = trimspace(tls_private_key.rsa_key.public_key_openssh)
  tags = {
    type = "rsa"
  }
}

resource "local_file" "datacenter-kp_pem" {
  content         = tls_private_key.rsa_key.private_key_pem
  filename        = "/home/bob/datacenter-kp.pem"
  file_permission = "0600"
}

output "key_type" {
  value = "rsa"
}
#4

This may well be your problem – this is wrong. You need to remove the quote marks of this one, since content needs to be set to a variable to work here.

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#5 
resource "tls_private_key" "my_key" {
    algorithm = "RSA"
    rsa_bits = 4096
}

resource "aws_key_pair" "xfusion-kp" {
    key_name = "xfusion-kp"
    public_key = trimspace(tls_private_key.my_key.public_key_openssh)
    tags = {
        type = "rsa"
    }
}

resource "local_file" "xfusion-kp_pem" {
    content = tls_private_key.my_key.private_key_openssh
    filename   = "/home/bob/xfusion-kp.pem"
    file_permission = "0600"
}

output "key_type" {
  value = "rsa"
}

Hi ! I am facing a similar issue. The key is being generated and the format is correct. What could be wrong?

‘xfusion-kp’ doesn’t exist or or its type is not ‘rsa’.

ssh-keygen -l -f /home/bob/xfusion-kp.pem
4096 SHA256:RY/wLb2a3QcxJo/FsgW/EYY/fkPec37i7Nnw5f2BmGY (RSA)

Update: Fixed
content = tls_private_key.my_key.private_key_openssh -> content = tls_private_key.my_key.private_key_pem

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#7 
resource "tls_private_key" "my_key" {
    algorithm = "RSA"
    rsa_bits = 4096
}

resource "aws_key_pair" "xfusion-kp" {
    key_name = "xfusion-kp"
    public_key = trimspace(tls_private_key.my_key.public_key_openssh)
    tags = {
        type = "rsa"
    }
}

resource "local_file" "xfusion-kp_pem" {
    content = tls_private_key.my_key.private_key_openssh
    filename   = "/home/bob/xfusion-kp.pem"
    file_permission = "0600"
}

output "key_type" {
  value = "rsa"
}

Hi ! I am facing a similar issue. The key is being generated and the format is correct. What could be wrong?

‘xfusion-kp’ doesn’t exist or or its type is not ‘rsa’.

ssh-keygen -l -f /home/bob/xfusion-kp.pem
4096 SHA256:RY/wLb2a3QcxJo/FsgW/EYY/fkPec37i7Nnw5f2BmGY (RSA)