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I have an error in creating a droplet

│ Error: Error creating droplet: POST https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/droplets: 422 (request "b17f42e6-326a-43be-a2a0-539c344ee746") You specified an invalid image for Droplet creation.
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│   with digitalocean_droplet.njogubless,
│   on main.tf line 7, in resource "digitalocean_droplet" "njogubless":
│    7: resource "digitalocean_droplet" "njogubless" {

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Bobby Iliev
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June 1, 2023
Accepted Answer

Hi there,

The error message indicates that you are trying to use an invalid Droplet image. Can you share your main.tf file here and mainly the this resource:

resource "digitalocean_droplet" "njogubless"

The following should work as expected as long as you provide a valid image name:

resource "digitalocean_droplet" "web" {
  image  = "ubuntu-20-04-x64"
  name   = "web-1"
  region = "nyc2"
  size   = "s-1vcpu-1gb"
}

Best,

Bobby

KFSys
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June 1, 2023

Hey @njogubless,

It seems that you are using an invalid image for Droplet creation. The image’s name you have specified is on line 7.

You can check this docs to see all the images on your account:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/reference/doctl/reference/compute/image/list/

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