Why does terraformer not find plugin? - windows

Question

I am new to the world of terraform. I am trying to use terraformer on a GCP project, but keep getting plugin not found:
terraformer import google --resources=gcs,forwardingRules,httpHealthChecks --connect=true --
regions=europe-west1,europe-west4 --projects=myproj
2021/02/12 08:17:03 google importing project myproj region europe-west1
2021/02/12 08:17:04 google importing... gcs
2021/02/12 08:17:05 open \.terraform.d/plugins/windows_amd64: The system cannot find the path specified.
Prior to the above, installed terraformer thus: choco install terraformer I downloaded the Google provider, terraform-provider-google_v3.56.0_x5.exe, placed it in my terraform dir, and did terraform init. I checked %AppData\Roaming\terraform.d\plugins\windows_amd64 and the plugins\windows_amd64 did not exist, so I created it, dropped in the Google exe and redid the init.
My main.tf was:
provider "google" {
project = "{myproj"
region = "europe-west2"
zone = "europe-west2-a"
}
Could it be the chocolatey install causing this issue? I have never used it before but the alternative install looks daunting!

Answer 1

If you install from Chocolatey, it seems it looks for the provider files at C:\.terraform.d\plugins\windows_amd64. If you create those directories and drop the terraform-provider-xxx.exe file in there it will be picked up.
I would also suggest running it with the --verbose flag.

Answer 2

Remember to execute "terraform init"
Once you install the terraformer, check this
Create the versions.tf file
versions.tf example
terraform {
required_providers {
google = {
source = "hashicorp/aws"
}
}
required_version = ">= 0.13"
}
Execute terraform init
Start the import process, something like:
terraformer import aws --profile [my-aws-profile] --resources="*" --regions=eu-west-1
Where --resources="*" will get everything from aws, but you could specify route53 or other resources
terraformer import aws --profile [my-aws-profile] --resources="route53" --regions=eu-west-1

Answer 3

The daunting instructions worked!
Run git clone <terraformer repo>
Run go mod download
Run go build -v for all providers OR build with one provider go run build/main.go {google,aws,azure,kubernetes and etc}
Run terraform init against an versions.tf file to install the plugins required for your platform. For example, if you need plugins for the google provider, versions.tf should contain:
terraform {
required_providers {
google = {
source = "hashicorp/google"
}
}
required_version = ">= 0.13"
}
making sure to run that version and not the chocolatey one.
go mod download the flag -x will give output while that command runs, otherwise you might think nothing is happening.