Fix Terraform Error: CloudWatch Log Group Already Exists
Fix terraform CloudWatch Log Group ResourceAlreadyExistsException. Import orphaned log groups, prevent Lambda auto-creation
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How to fix 'no valid credential sources found' and authentication errors in Terraform for AWS, Azure, and GCP providers.
Error: No valid credential sources foundTerraform cannot find valid credentials to authenticate with your cloud provider. This happens when environment variables are missing, credential files are misconfigured, IAM roles aren't attached, or SSO sessions have expired.
# Option 1: Environment variables
export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID="your-access-key"
export AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY="your-secret-key"
export AWS_REGION="us-east-1"
# Option 2: AWS CLI profile
aws configure
# Then reference in Terraform:provider "aws" {
region = "us-east-1"
profile = "my-profile"
}# Option 3: SSO — refresh session
aws sso login --profile my-sso-profile
# Option 4: Check IAM role (EC2/ECS)
curl http://169.254.169.254/latest/meta-data/iam/security-credentials/# Login via CLI
az login
az account set --subscription "your-subscription-id"
# Or use service principal
export ARM_CLIENT_ID="xxx"
export ARM_CLIENT_SECRET="xxx"
export ARM_SUBSCRIPTION_ID="xxx"
export ARM_TENANT_ID="xxx"# Application default credentials
gcloud auth application-default login
# Or service account key
export GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS="/path/to/key.json"# Never hardcode credentials — use environment variables
provider "aws" {
region = var.aws_region
# Credentials come from environment
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