Terraform state replace-provider update state with wrong data

We upgraded terraform version and we have a problem with terraform remote state. Basiacaly I run this command to update azurerm provider:

terraform state replace-provider ' '

Right now when I run plan command it shows me some errors. All are the same but resource if different. For example:

To work with module.name.module.lb_name.azurerm_lb_probe.instance
its original provider configuration at
provider[""] is required, but it has been
removed. This occurs when a provider configuration is removed while objects
created by that provider still exist in the state. Re-add the provider
configuration to destroy
module.name.module.lb_name.azurerm_lb_probe.instance, after which
you can remove the provider configuration again.

Basically the state was updated and the provider looks like this:

"provider": "provider.azurerm"

but it should look like this:

"provider": "provider[\""]"

Is there any way to update it via terraform commands or the only way to fix it is to edit state file manually?

1 Answer

When you replace the providers for the Terraform upgrade with the command:

terraform state replace-provider ' '

OK, there is no problem. And then you can use the command below to check the current providers:

terraform providers

The screenshot will show like this:

At this time, the providers are the same as the requirement. Then you need to init again to pull the current providers to replace the existing ones with the command below:

terraform init

This is the step you have missed.