I was receiving Error: POST https://api.github.com/user/repos: 401 Requires authentication [] while applying and deploying repository on github.com with Terraform. This error occurs because terraform is not able to authenticate to GitHub.com API and not able to perform the action.
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.\060-github_configuration> terraform apply --auto-approve Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols: + create Terraform will perform the following actions: # github_branch.main will be created + resource "github_branch" "main" { + branch = "main" + etag = (known after apply) + id = (known after apply) + ref = (known after apply) + repository = "vcloud-lab.com" + sha = (known after apply) + source_branch = "main" + source_sha = (known after apply) } # github_branch_default.default will be created + resource "github_branch_default" "default" { + branch = "main" + etag = (known after apply) + id = (known after apply) + rename = false + repository = "vcloud-lab.com" } # github_repository.main will be created + resource "github_repository" "main" { + allow_auto_merge = false + allow_merge_commit = true + allow_rebase_merge = true + allow_squash_merge = true + archived = false + auto_init = true + default_branch = (known after apply) + delete_branch_on_merge = false + description = "Terraform test repository for vcloud-lab.com" + etag = (known after apply) + full_name = (known after apply) + git_clone_url = (known after apply) + gitignore_template = "Terraform" + html_url = (known after apply) + http_clone_url = (known after apply) + id = (known after apply) + merge_commit_message = "PR_TITLE" + merge_commit_title = "MERGE_MESSAGE" + name = "vcloud-lab.com" + node_id = (known after apply) + primary_language = (known after apply) + private = (known after apply) + repo_id = (known after apply) + squash_merge_commit_message = "COMMIT_MESSAGES" + squash_merge_commit_title = "COMMIT_OR_PR_TITLE" + ssh_clone_url = (known after apply) + svn_url = (known after apply) + topics = (known after apply) + visibility = "public" + web_commit_signoff_required = false + security_and_analysis (known after apply) } Plan: 3 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy. Changes to Outputs: + remote_url = (known after apply) github_repository.main: Creating... ╷ │ Error: POST https://api.github.com/user/repos: 401 Requires authentication [] │ │ with github_repository.main, │ on Create GitHub repository and branches using Terraform.tf line 22, in resource "github_repository" "main": │ 22: resource "github_repository" "main" { │ ╵ |
To resolve this issue generate and create GitHub.com Personal Access Token (PAT) (Developers Settings > Personal Access Tokens > Generate Classic Token) with required access roles as shown in my earlier article Create GitHub repository and branches using Terraform. Once you generate a PAT copy it.
Next use the GitHub token to add it in environment variable as below.
$env:GITHUB_TOKEN = 'ghp_pqsVFd3gp2iJ'
Another way of adding and using token is providing token inside provider block.
provider "github" {
token = env.GITHUB_TOKEN
owner = env.GITHUB_OWNER
}
Once PAT authentication is successful, repository creation will complete on GitHub.com.
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.\060-github_configuration> terraform apply --auto-approve Terraform used the selected providers to generate the following execution plan. Resource actions are indicated with the following symbols: + create Terraform will perform the following actions: # github_branch.main will be created + resource "github_branch" "main" { + branch = "main" + etag = (known after apply) + id = (known after apply) + ref = (known after apply) + repository = "vcloud-lab.com" + sha = (known after apply) + source_branch = "main" + source_sha = (known after apply) } # github_branch_default.default will be created + resource "github_branch_default" "default" { + branch = "main" + etag = (known after apply) + id = (known after apply) + rename = false + repository = "vcloud-lab.com" } # github_repository.main will be created + resource "github_repository" "main" { + allow_auto_merge = false + allow_merge_commit = true + allow_rebase_merge = true + allow_squash_merge = true + archived = false + auto_init = true + default_branch = (known after apply) + delete_branch_on_merge = false + description = "Terraform test repository for vcloud-lab.com" + etag = (known after apply) + full_name = (known after apply) + git_clone_url = (known after apply) + gitignore_template = "Terraform" + html_url = (known after apply) + http_clone_url = (known after apply) + id = (known after apply) + merge_commit_message = "PR_TITLE" + merge_commit_title = "MERGE_MESSAGE" + name = "vcloud-lab.com" + node_id = (known after apply) + primary_language = (known after apply) + private = (known after apply) + repo_id = (known after apply) + squash_merge_commit_message = "COMMIT_MESSAGES" + squash_merge_commit_title = "COMMIT_OR_PR_TITLE" + ssh_clone_url = (known after apply) + svn_url = (known after apply) + topics = (known after apply) + visibility = "public" + web_commit_signoff_required = false + security_and_analysis (known after apply) } Plan: 3 to add, 0 to change, 0 to destroy. Changes to Outputs: + remote_url = (known after apply) github_repository.main: Creating... github_repository.main: Creation complete after 5s [id=vcloud-lab.com] github_branch.main: Creating... github_branch.main: Creation complete after 2s [id=vcloud-lab.com:main] github_branch_default.default: Creating... github_branch_default.default: Creation complete after 2s [id=vcloud-lab.com] Apply complete! Resources: 3 added, 0 changed, 0 destroyed. Outputs: remote_url = "https://github.com/janviudapi/vcloud-lab.com.git" .\060-github_configuration> |
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