kubernetes/kops · error

Error adding user data bytes to terraform resource: %w

Error message

Error adding user data bytes to terraform resource: %w

What it means

Wraps TerraformTarget.AddFileBytes failure while storing the droplet's user-data as a Terraform file asset. Fires when writing the asset to the Terraform output tree fails (I/O or path problems), not because of user-data content itself.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/dotasks/droplet.go:257

		Region:  e.Region,
		Name:    e.Name,
		Tags:    e.Tags,
		VPCUUID: e.VPCUUID,
	}

	if e.SSHKey != nil {
		tf.SSHKey = []string{fi.ValueOf(e.SSHKey.KeyFingerprint)}
	}

	if e.UserData != nil {
		d, err := fi.ResourceAsBytes(e.UserData)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("Error retrieving droplet from resource bytes: %w", err)
		}
		if d != nil {
			tf.UserData, err = t.AddFileBytes("digitalocean_droplet", fi.ValueOf(e.Name), "user_data", d, false)
			if err != nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("Error adding user data bytes to terraform resource: %w", err)
			}
		}
	}

	return t.RenderResource("digitalocean_droplet", *e.Name, tf)
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. Check disk space and permissions on the Terraform output directory
2. Inspect the wrapped I/O error
3. Re-run terraform generation

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/dotasks/droplet.go:257 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of kubernetes/kops@4c8573c808 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/fc09b60f41c280e1. Report an issue: GitHub.