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Coder.com•2mo ago
oliver

what is the convention to reference modules that are still under development

Hey everyone. Would appreciate some help here. I've created several modules which are then used by a template that I also created. However, when trying to test the template i get the following error: 
025-08-25 17:43:46.938-06:00 Error: Unreadable module directory
2025-08-25 17:43:46.938-06:00 Unable to evaluate directory symlink: lstat ../../modules: no such file or
2025-08-25 17:43:46.938-06:00 directory
025-08-25 17:43:46.938-06:00 Error: Unreadable module directory
2025-08-25 17:43:46.938-06:00 Unable to evaluate directory symlink: lstat ../../modules: no such file or
2025-08-25 17:43:46.938-06:00 directory
which i imagine comes from how the template is referencing my modules: 
module "crypto" {
  source   = "../../modules/crypto"
  agent_id = coder_agent.main.id

  depends_on = [module.crypto_setup]
}
module "crypto" {
  source   = "../../modules/crypto"
  agent_id = coder_agent.main.id

  depends_on = [module.crypto_setup]
}
what is the convention to reference modules that are still under development?
4 Replies
Codercord
Codercord•2mo ago
Codercord
Codercord•2mo ago
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oliver
oliverOP•2mo ago
solved: follow regular terraform module publishing. To avoid double publishing ( i imagine my modules will eventually be part of coder registry ) i will publish them to my fork under a branch and reference them that way
Ethan
Ethan•2mo ago
glad to hear it's solved! though if you ever want to just publish a template version with symlinks like you described, you can tar the template up yourself and upload that https://coder.com/docs/tutorials/faqs#can-i-use-local-or-remote-terraform-modules-in-coder-templates
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