cannot create external location: invalid Databricks Workspace configuration

manoj_2355ca — Fri, 05 Jan 2024 09:15:58 GMT

HI All

I am trying to create databricks storage credentials , external location and catalog with terraform.

cloud : Azure

My storage credentials code is working correctly . But the external location code is throwing below error when executing the Terraform apply .

│ Error: cannot create external location: invalid Databricks Workspace configuration
│
│ with module.dbs_external_location.databricks_external_location.int_exl["prod"],
│ on ..\modules\dbs_external_location\exl_main.tf line 1, in resource "databricks_external_location" "int_exl":
│ 1: resource "databricks_external_location" "int_exl" {

can anyone please help me on this

Re: cannot create external location: invalid Databricks Workspace configuration

manoj_2355ca — Tue, 09 Jan 2024 05:08:52 GMT

HI @Retired_mod

Thanks for the reply . Even after correcting my databricks workspace provider configuration . I am not able to create 3 external location in databricks workspace.
i am using below code in terraform .
Provider .tf

provider "databricks" {

alias = "wrkshp"

host = ""

token = ""

in module file :

resource "databricks_external_location" "exl_dbs" {

for_each = var.exl_name

name = each.value["name"]

url = each.value["url"]

credential_name = var.storage_cred

comment = each.value["comment"]

metastore_id = var.metid

in module terraform tf :

terraform {

required_providers {

databricks = {

source = "databricks/databricks"

version = ">=1.33.0"

configuration_aliases = [ databricks.wrkshp ]

}

in module variable tf:

variable "exl_name" {

type = map(object({

name = string

url = string

#credential_name = string

comment = string

metastore_id = string

}))

default = {

"dev" = {

name = ""

url = ""

#credential_name = ""

comment = "Managed by Tf"

metastore_id = ""

}

"prod" = {

name = ""

url = ""

#credential_name = ""

comment = "Managed by TF"

metastore_id = ""

}

"uat" = {

name = ""

url = ""

#credential_name = ""

comment = "Managed by TF"

metastore_id = ""

}

variable "storage_cred" {

type = string

default = ""

}

variable "metid" {

type = string

default = ""

}

and in main module file ::

module "dbs_external_location" {

source = "../modules/dbs_external_location"

exl_name = var.exl_name

storage_cred = module.dbs_storage_creds.storage_credential_id

metid = data.databricks_metastore.int_meta.metastore_id

providers = {

databricks.wrkshp = databricks.wrkshp

}

This is failing with below error . Not sure what is wrong .

module.dbs_external_location.databricks_external_location.exl_dbs["dev"]: Creating...
module.dbs_external_location.databricks_external_location.exl_dbs["prod"]: Creating...
module.dbs_external_location.databricks_external_location.exl_dbs["uat"]: Creating...
╷
│ Error: cannot create external location: invalid Databricks Workspace configuration
│
│ with module.dbs_external_location.databricks_external_location.exl_dbs["prod"],
│ on ..\modules\dbs_external_location\exl_main.tf line 1, in resource "databricks_external_location" "exl_dbs":
│ 1: resource "databricks_external_location" "exl_dbs" {
│
╵
╷
│ Error: cannot create external location: invalid Databricks Workspace configuration
│
│ with module.dbs_external_location.databricks_external_location.exl_dbs["dev"],
│ on ..\modules\dbs_external_location\exl_main.tf line 1, in resource "databricks_external_location" "exl_dbs":
│ 1: resource "databricks_external_location" "exl_dbs" {
│
╵
╷
│ Error: cannot create external location: invalid Databricks Workspace configuration
│
│ with module.dbs_external_location.databricks_external_location.exl_dbs["uat"],
│ on ..\modules\dbs_external_location\exl_main.tf line 1, in resource "databricks_external_location" "exl_dbs":
│ 1: resource "databricks_external_location" "exl_dbs" {

can anyone help me on this .

Re: cannot create external location: invalid Databricks Workspace configuration

badari_narayan — Fri, 21 Mar 2025 04:54:13 GMT

Hi @manoj_2355ca , I am also facing the same error, did you get the solution for it?

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