How to troubleshoot Service Connector

This article lists error messages and suggestions to troubleshoot Service Connector.

Error message and suggested actions from the Azure portal

Error message	Suggested Action
Unknown resource type	Check source and target resource to verify whether the service types are supported by Service Connector.
	Check whether the specified source-target connection combination is supported by Service Connector.
	Check whether the target resource exists.
	Check the correctness of the target resource ID.
Unsupported resource	Check whether the authentication type is supported by the specified source-target connection combination.

Error type，error message, and suggested actions using Azure CLI

InvalidArgumentValueError

Error message	Suggested Action
The source resource ID is invalid: {SourceId}	Check whether the source resource ID supported by Service Connector.
	Check the correctness of source resource ID.
Target resource ID is invalid: {TargetId}	Check whether the target service type is supported by Service Connector.
	Check the correctness of target resource ID.
Connection ID is invalid: {ConnectionId}	Check the correctness of the connection ID.

RequiredArgumentMissingError

Error message	Suggested Action
{Argument} shouldn't be blank	User should provide argument value for interactive input
Required keys missing for parameter {Parameter}. All possible keys are: {Keys}	Provide value for the authentication information parameter, usually in the form of --param key1=val1 key2=val2.
Required argument is missing, please provide the arguments: {Arguments}	Provide the required argument.

ValidationError

Error message	Suggested Action
Only one auth info is needed	User can only provide one authentication information parameter. Check whether it isn't provided or multiple parameters are provided.
Auth info argument should be provided when updating the connection: {ConnectionName}	The authentication information should be provided when updating a secret type connection. This error occurs because a user's secret can't be accessed through the Azure Resource Manager API.
Either client type or auth info should be specified to update	Either client type or authentication information should be provided when updating a connection.
Usage error: {} [KEY=VALUE ...]	Check the available keys and provide values for the auth info parameter, usually in the form of --param key1=val1 key2=val2.
Unsupported Key {Key} is provided for parameter {Parameter}. All possible keys are: {Keys}	Check the available keys and provide values for the authentication information parameter, usually in the form of --param key1=val1 key2=val2.
Provision failed, please create the target resource manually and then create the connection. Error details: {ErrorTrace}	Retry. Create the target resource manually and then create the connection.

Next steps

Follow the tutorials listed below to learn more about Service Connector.

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