Setting up a wireless interface.

[the-maldridge]

I'm trying to use this provider to setup a number of wireless networks that are very short lived on a bunch of hAP AC Lites. My resource looks like this:

resource "routeros_wifi" "teams" {
  for_each = local.fms.Teams

  name    = format("wifi%d", each.key)
  configuration	= {
    country = "United States"
    manager = "local"
    mode    = "ap"
    ssid    = each.value.SSID
  }

  channel = {
    band = "2ghz-n"
  }

  datapath = {
    bridge = routeros_interface_bridge.br0.name
    vlan-id = each.value.VLAN
  }

  security = {
    authentication-types = "wpa2-psk"
    passphrase = each.value.PSK
  }
}

This fails to apply because I haven't set either mac-address or master-interface, neither of which seem to have functional documentation. Any advice on how to setup wireless networks using this resource is appreciated. Though it might seem like the right choice here, capsman does not work for this use case due to resource limits. My eventual goal is to have a bunch of networks defined and selectively enable or disable them based on what is required at the moment (think of a bunch as ~100).

[vaerh]

Hi!

I unfortunately have an old CAPsMAN at my place and can't check your configuration. Can you please tell me why you don't have the option to specify a master interface or MAC address? And how do you want to manage your networks? Create and destroy or create and enable/disable?

[the-maldridge]

Mostly I don't have them set because its unclear what's supposed to go there. I figured master_interface should be the bridge, but that doesn't seem to be the case. Is that supposed to be another instance of this resource?

I would prefer to create all of them as disabled networks and then selectively enable/disable as required.

[vaerh]

The master interface must be a physical WiFi adapter. The MAC is specified as zero.
Judging by the schemа of the resource it has no required fields and in this case I don't understand why you don't create the resource.
And what exactly is the error you get when creating a resource?

[the-maldridge]

I get the following error:

╷
│ Error: PUT 'https://100.64.0.10/rest/interface/wifi' returned response code: 400, message: 'Bad Request', details: 'input does not match any value of master-interface'
│ 
│   with module.field1.routeros_wifi.teams["452"],
│   on mod/field/ports.tf line 22, in resource "routeros_wifi" "teams":
│   22: resource "routeros_wifi" "teams" {
│ 
╵

I had set the master_interface to be wlan0 which is the interface shown in the wireless menu as belonging to an Atheros A9300.

[vaerh]

Ok, I need a little more information:

• ROS version
• Output green lines from debug (remember to remove sensitive information before publishing) TF_LOG=debug ROS_LOG_COLOR=1 terraform apply -auto-approve

[the-maldridge]

ROS Version is 7.14.2, current stable for this hardware.

This is the output from the debug command for the last wifi interface that it tried to apply (there are 21 in the config). This is an ephemeral environment with generated secrets, so I'm unconcerned about any secrets this may contain:

module.field1.routeros_wifi.teams["457"]: Creating...                                                                                                                                                                                         
2024-04-16T02:23:35.563-0500 [INFO]  Starting apply for module.field1.routeros_wifi.teams["457"]                                                                                                                                              
2024-04-16T02:23:35.574-0500 [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-routeros_v1.45.0: error response body:                                                                                                                                       
{"detail":"input does not match any value of master-interface","error":400,"message":"Bad Request"}: @module=routeros tf_provider_addr=terraform-routeros/routeros tf_req_id=fa3c413f-474e-90d9-9e0f-29fb2bcb0e31 tf_rpc=Configure @caller=git
hub.com/terraform-routeros/terraform-provider-routeros/routeros/log.go:27 timestamp=2024-04-16T02:23:35.569-0500
2024-04-16T02:23:35.577-0500 [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-routeros_v1.45.0: An error was encountered while sending a PUT request to the API: PUT 'https://100.64.0.10/rest/interface/wifi' returned response code: 400, message: 'Bad R
equest', details: 'input does not match any value of master-interface': tf_provider_addr=terraform-routeros/routeros tf_req_id=af53bbbc-4f90-5f48-314e-c0ea2c5136d3 tf_rpc=ApplyResourceChange @caller=github.com/terraform-routeros/terraform
-provider-routeros/routeros/log.go:27 @module=routeros tf_resource_type=routeros_wifi timestamp=2024-04-16T02:23:35.570-0500                                                                                                                  
2024-04-16T02:23:35.580-0500 [ERROR] provider.terraform-provider-routeros_v1.45.0: Response contains error diagnostic: diagnostic_summary="PUT 'https://100.64.0.10/rest/interface/wifi' returned response code: 400, message: 'Bad Request', 
details: 'input does not match any value of master-interface'" tf_rpc=ApplyResourceChange @module=sdk.proto diagnostic_detail="" diagnostic_severity=ERROR tf_proto_version=5.4 tf_provider_addr=terraform-routeros/routeros tf_req_id=af53bbb
c-4f90-5f48-314e-c0ea2c5136d3 @caller=github.com/hashicorp/[email protected]/tfprotov5/internal/diag/diagnostics.go:58 tf_resource_type=routeros_wifi timestamp=2024-04-16T02:23:35.571-0500                                        
2024-04-16T02:23:35.622-0500 [DEBUG] State storage *statemgr.Filesystem declined to persist a state snapshot                                                                                                                                  
2024-04-16T02:23:35.624-0500 [DEBUG] module.field1.routeros_wifi.teams["457"]: applying the planned Create change                                                                                                                             
2024-04-16T02:23:35.624-0500 [ERROR] vertex "module.field1.routeros_wifi.teams[\"465\"]" error: PUT 'https://100.64.0.10/rest/interface/wifi' returned response code: 400, message: 'Bad Request', details: 'input does not match any value of
 master-interface'                                                                                                                                                                                                                            
2024-04-16T02:23:35.630-0500 [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-routeros_v1.45.0: request body:  {"arp":"enabled","arp-timeout":"auto","channel.band":"2ghz-n","configuration.country":"United States","configuration.manager":"local","confi
guration.mode":"ap","configuration.ssid":"xxx","datapath.bridge":"br0","datapath.vlan-id":"506","disabled":"no","master-interface":"wlan0","name":"wifi457","security.authentication-types":"wpa2-psk","security.
passphrase":"xxx"}: tf_provider_addr=terraform-routeros/routeros tf_req_id=fa3c413f-474e-90d9-9e0f-29fb2bcb0e31 tf_rpc=Configure @caller=github.com/terraform-routeros/terraform-provider-routeros/routeros/log.g
o:27 @module=routeros timestamp=2024-04-16T02:23:35.629-0500                                                                                                                                                                                  
2024-04-16T02:23:35.630-0500 [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-routeros_v1.45.0: PUT request URL:  https://100.64.0.10/rest/interface/wifi: @module=routeros tf_provider_addr=terraform-routeros/routeros tf_req_id=fa3c413f-474e-90d9-9e0f-
29fb2bcb0e31 tf_rpc=Configure @caller=github.com/terraform-routeros/terraform-provider-routeros/routeros/log.go:27 timestamp=2024-04-16T02:23:35.629-0500                                                                                     
2024-04-16T02:23:35.639-0500 [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-routeros_v1.45.0: error response body:                                                                                                                                       
{"detail":"input does not match any value of master-interface","error":400,"message":"Bad Request"}: tf_req_id=fa3c413f-474e-90d9-9e0f-29fb2bcb0e31 tf_rpc=Configure @caller=github.com/terraform-routeros/terraform-provider-routeros/routero
s/log.go:27 @module=routeros tf_provider_addr=terraform-routeros/routeros timestamp=2024-04-16T02:23:35.639-0500                                                                                                                              
2024-04-16T02:23:35.639-0500 [DEBUG] provider.terraform-provider-routeros_v1.45.0: An error was encountered while sending a PUT request to the API: PUT 'https://100.64.0.10/rest/interface/wifi' returned response code: 400, message: 'Bad R
equest', details: 'input does not match any value of master-interface': tf_rpc=ApplyResourceChange tf_provider_addr=terraform-routeros/routeros tf_resource_type=routeros_wifi tf_req_id=3834dbbf-85a2-f9a7-562c-bc0d102595ce @caller=github.c
om/terraform-routeros/terraform-provider-routeros/routeros/log.go:27 @module=routeros timestamp=2024-04-16T02:23:35.639-0500                                                                                                                  
2024-04-16T02:23:35.639-0500 [ERROR] provider.terraform-provider-routeros_v1.45.0: Response contains error diagnostic: diagnostic_detail="" diagnostic_severity=ERROR tf_proto_version=5.4 tf_rpc=ApplyResourceChange @module=sdk.proto diagno
stic_summary="PUT 'https://100.64.0.10/rest/interface/wifi' returned response code: 400, message: 'Bad Request', details: 'input does not match any value of master-interface'" tf_provider_addr=terraform-routeros/routeros tf_req_id=3834dbb
f-85a2-f9a7-562c-bc0d102595ce tf_resource_type=routeros_wifi @caller=github.com/hashicorp/[email protected]/tfprotov5/internal/diag/diagnostics.go:58 timestamp=2024-04-16T02:23:35.639-0500                                        

See the attached file for the full log.

[vaerh]

I'll take a look at it.

[vaerh]

Uh, sorry, didn't look at the description. I looked at the log right away. The fact that there are no secrets is good.

[vaerh]

I think it's simpler than it looks. Apparently, my test router, and yours too, is not on the list of those that support Wave 2.
That's why there is no possibility to add any settings via the /interface/**wifi** menu.

[the-maldridge]

That would make sense to me, I'm working with a hAP AC Lite which I can't imagine supports all the fancy newer modes. I believe that means I'd need to use the wireless menu right? Since that's the other way of managing wifi? I'll freely admit this is one of my first forays into using Mikrotik for wifi as I usually use them only for the wired LAN.

[vaerh]

Your model may support good old CAPsMAN. Check the names of the supported parameters and set your configuration through it.

[the-maldridge]

My understanding though is that CAPsMAN maxes out at 32 networks, is that incorrect?

[vaerh]

I don't know his limitations. I only have two networks. But if its maximum is 32 nets, then terraform is a good fit. Create nets on the fly. It takes less than a minute.

[the-maldridge]

I'm getting pretty stuck in documentation. Am I correct that "Wifi" menu is the newer one that this lower cost hardware does not support, whereas the "Wireless" menu is the older one that is only supported in this provider by the capsman interface? It seems like capsman takes over more of the device than I want it to, which is why I was trying to do this using only interface configurations, though it doesn't look like there is currently a routeros_interface_wireless resource.

[vaerh]

Yes, you're right. The routeros_interface_wireless resource has not been implemented yet.