Error message for adminpassword (ibm_database) length requirement is not accurate.

[rajatagarwal-ibm]

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Terraform CLI and Terraform IBM Provider Version

Affected Resource(s)

• ibm_database

Terraform Configuration Files

Please include all Terraform configurations required to reproduce the bug. Bug reports without a functional reproduction may be closed without investigation.

# Create postgresql database
resource "ibm_database" "postgresql_db" {
  depends_on        = [ibm_iam_authorization_policy.kms_policy]
  resource_group_id = var.resource_group_id
  name              = var.name
  service           = "databases-for-postgresql"
  location          = var.region
  plan              = "standard" 
  adminpassword     = "password123"
}

Debug Output

Error: expected length of adminpassword to be in the range (10 - 32), got null
│ 
│   with module.icd_postgres.ibm_database.postgres_database,
│   on ../../main.tf line 59, in resource "ibm_database" "postgres_database":
│   59:   adminpassword             = var.admin_pass

Panic Output

Expected Behavior

The password requirement has been changed to a minimum of 15 characters.

See screenshot from UI

Actual Behavior

Steps to Reproduce

Give admin password length less than 15 chars - it will fail.
Verify the same in the UI

1. terraform apply

Important Factoids

References

• #0000

[alexhemard]

@rajatagarwal-ibm This should be addressed by #4931