Invalid AWS Region: ap-southeast-3

[jbg]

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Terraform CLI and Terraform AWS Provider Version

Terraform v1.1.0
on linux_arm64
provider registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws v3.69.0

Affected Resource(s)

aws_*

Terraform Configuration Files

provider "aws" {
  region = "ap-southeast-3"
}

Expected Behavior

The provider initialises correctly.

Actual Behavior

│ Error: Invalid AWS Region: ap-southeast-3
│   with provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"]

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform apply

References

https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/now-open-aws-asia-pacific-jakarta-region/

[ewbankkit]

@jbg Thanks for raising this issue.
Until support for the new ap-southeast-3 Region has been added to the provider you can use the skip_region_validation argument:

provider "aws" {
  region = "ap-southeast-3"

  skip_region_validation = true
}

[jbg]

Thanks for the workaround. Unfortunately it doesn't work if the tf config includes any data.aws_region because the aws-sdk-go version used in the latest release of this provider doesn't know about ap-southeast-3.

[ewbankkit]

The upcoming v3.70.0 Terraform AWS Provider release will use AWS SDK v1.42.23 (#22203) which adds ap-southeast-3 to the list of regions for the standard AWS partition. The aws_region data source will then support the new region.

[aashari]

@ewbankkit I still can't use data "aws_region" "current" {}, it is shown this error

│ Error: error configuring Terraform AWS Provider: error validating provider credentials: error calling sts:GetCallerIdentity: InvalidClientTokenId: The security token included in the request is invalid
│       status code: 403, request id: d8b2cf3a-9f9f-4933-944b-1d5aa308575a
│
│   with provider["registry.terraform.io/hashicorp/aws"],
│   on backend.tf line 10, in provider "aws":
│   10: provider "aws" {
│

here is my code

terraform {
  required_providers {
    aws = {
      source = "hashicorp/aws"
      version = "3.70.0"
    }
  }
}

provider "aws" {
  region = "ap-southeast-3"
  skip_region_validation=true
}

data "aws_region" "current" {
}

output "region_name" {
  description = "The name of the selected region."
  value       = data.aws_region.current.id
}

I also have tried removing skip_region_validation=true attribute but still don't work, i'm using terraform 1.0.0, can you help elaborate?

It is works fine without any data "aws_*" block, but most terraform module in my building blocks are using data "aws_*" resources

[jbg]

You probably need to enable the region (as with all new AWS regions). Note that if you run Terraform in a separate AWS account from your resources, you need to enable the region in both accounts.

[aashari]

You probably need to enable the region (as with all new AWS regions). Note that if you run Terraform in a separate AWS account from your resources, you need to enable the region in both accounts.

I have enabled the region in my account, all works fine without data "aws_*" block

[jbg]

We also use data "aws_region" and it's working fine in ap-southeast-3 here. Check that you enabled the STS token endpoint as well as the region.

[jbg]

Since 3.70.0 is out I think this can be closed.

[YiGene]

you may still get same error on terraform s3, add skip region check resolved this
terraform {
backend "s3" {
skip_region_validation = true
.....

}

Terraform v1.1.4

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