vsphere local account with special characters in password

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Terraform

v1.9.8

Terraform Provider

v2.10.0

VMware vSphere

7.x.x

Description

When working on creating a terraform setup to build VMs, I ran into an issue with conneting to Vsphere to start with a local account. I have verfied we can connect to the port of our Vmware vsphere API/SOAP port. However, we require special cahacters in our password:

Even with a password like (this is not the password) CgnpinJemPgzwP5rpbk! (with the ! at the end) in the Terraform logs I get:

Error: error setting up new vSphere SOAP client: ServerFaultCode: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password.

Affected Resources or Data Sources

provider/vsphere

Terraform Configuration

provider "vsphere" {
  user                 = var.vsphere_user
  password             = var.vsphere_password
  api_timeout          = 10
  vsphere_server       = var.vsphere_server
  allow_unverified_ssl = true
}

variable "vsphere_user" {
  default = "[email protected]"
}

variable "vsphere_password" {
  default = "CgnpinJemPgzwP5rpbk!`"
}

variable "vsphere_server" {
  default = "<Server Removed>"
}

Debug Output

2024-11-20T15:30:12.553Z [DEBUG] provider.stdio: received EOF, stopping recv loop: err="rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = error reading from server: EOF"
2024-11-20T15:30:12.556Z [INFO]  provider: plugin process exited: plugin=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/infobloxopen/infoblox/2.8.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-infoblox_v2.8.0 id=322298
2024-11-20T15:30:12.556Z [DEBUG] provider: plugin exited
2024-11-20T15:30:15.409Z [ERROR] provider.terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.10.0_x5: Response contains error diagnostic: diagnostic_severity=ERROR diagnostic_summary="error setting up new vSphere SOAP client: ServerFaultCode: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password." tf_req_id=cb2e9a2f-1db4-0c91-3c79-85fe15066037 tf_rpc=Configure @caller=github.com/hashicorp/[email protected]/tfprotov5/internal/diag/diagnostics.go:58 @module=sdk.proto diagnostic_detail="" tf_proto_version=5.6 tf_provider_addr=provider timestamp=2024-11-20T15:30:15.408Z
2024-11-20T15:30:15.409Z [ERROR] vertex "module.test.module.controllers.provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/vsphere\"]" error: error setting up new vSphere SOAP client: ServerFaultCode: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password.
2024-11-20T15:30:15.424Z [ERROR] provider.terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.10.0_x5: Response contains error diagnostic: tf_provider_addr=provider diagnostic_detail="" diagnostic_severity=ERROR diagnostic_summary="error setting up new vSphere SOAP client: ServerFaultCode: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password." tf_proto_version=5.6 tf_rpc=Configure @caller=github.com/hashicorp/[email protected]/tfprotov5/internal/diag/diagnostics.go:58 @module=sdk.proto tf_req_id=51b02f39-ba13-7d09-729a-e95382bfc662 timestamp=2024-11-20T15:30:15.423Z
2024-11-20T15:30:15.424Z [ERROR] vertex "module.prod.module.workers.provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/vsphere\"]" error: error setting up new vSphere SOAP client: ServerFaultCode: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password.
2024-11-20T15:30:15.426Z [ERROR] provider.terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.10.0_x5: Response contains error diagnostic: diagnostic_severity=ERROR tf_provider_addr=provider tf_req_id=b81eb3c4-aa0a-25c3-3ac1-870c177bba7c @caller=github.com/hashicorp/[email protected]/tfprotov5/internal/diag/diagnostics.go:58 diagnostic_detail="" tf_rpc=Configure @module=sdk.proto diagnostic_summary="error setting up new vSphere SOAP client: ServerFaultCode: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password." tf_proto_version=5.6 timestamp=2024-11-20T15:30:15.426Z
2024-11-20T15:30:15.427Z [ERROR] vertex "module.test.module.workers.provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/vsphere\"]" error: error setting up new vSphere SOAP client: ServerFaultCode: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password.
2024-11-20T15:30:16.417Z [ERROR] provider.terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.10.0_x5: Response contains error diagnostic: diagnostic_severity=ERROR tf_req_id=caacae2d-4b49-ffd9-61b3-dae26d9e7aa1 @caller=github.com/hashicorp/[email protected]/tfprotov5/internal/diag/diagnostics.go:58 @module=sdk.proto diagnostic_detail="" diagnostic_summary="error setting up new vSphere SOAP client: ServerFaultCode: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password." tf_proto_version=5.6 tf_provider_addr=provider tf_rpc=Configure timestamp=2024-11-20T15:30:16.417Z
2024-11-20T15:30:16.418Z [ERROR] vertex "module.prod.module.controllers.provider[\"registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/vsphere\"]" error: error setting up new vSphere SOAP client: ServerFaultCode: Cannot complete login due to an incorrect user name or password.
2024-11-20T15:30:16.419Z [WARN]  Planning encountered errors, so plan is not applyable
2024-11-20T15:30:16.419Z [INFO]  backend/local: plan operation completed
2024-11-20T15:30:16.430Z [DEBUG] provider.stdio: received EOF, stopping recv loop: err="rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = error reading from server: EOF"
2024-11-20T15:30:16.431Z [DEBUG] provider.stdio: received EOF, stopping recv loop: err="rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = error reading from server: EOF"
2024-11-20T15:30:16.431Z [DEBUG] provider.stdio: received EOF, stopping recv loop: err="rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = error reading from server: EOF"
2024-11-20T15:30:16.436Z [DEBUG] provider.stdio: received EOF, stopping recv loop: err="rpc error: code = Unavailable desc = error reading from server: EOF"
2024-11-20T15:30:16.440Z [INFO]  provider: plugin process exited: plugin=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/vsphere/2.10.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.10.0_x5 id=322319
2024-11-20T15:30:16.440Z [DEBUG] provider: plugin exited
2024-11-20T15:30:16.440Z [INFO]  provider: plugin process exited: plugin=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/vsphere/2.10.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.10.0_x5 id=322312
2024-11-20T15:30:16.440Z [DEBUG] provider: plugin exited
2024-11-20T15:30:16.440Z [INFO]  provider: plugin process exited: plugin=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/vsphere/2.10.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.10.0_x5 id=322291
2024-11-20T15:30:16.440Z [DEBUG] provider: plugin exited
2024-11-20T15:30:16.442Z [INFO]  provider: plugin process exited: plugin=.terraform/providers/registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/vsphere/2.10.0/linux_amd64/terraform-provider-vsphere_v2.10.0_x5 id=322305
2024-11-20T15:30:16.442Z [DEBUG] provider: plugin exited

Panic Output

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Expected Behavior

I would exepecet that if special characters are required, that they work without any issue.

Actual Behavior

Fails

Steps to Reproduce

Try using a local SSO account with special characters.

Environment Details

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Screenshots

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References

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