How to bypass "error sending validation request: 404 Not Found" error when using Confluent Terraform Provider to create a connector

Description

When creating a fully managed connector using the Confluent Terraform Provider, the following error could occur:

Error: error creating Connector "test_sqs_connector": error sending validation request: 404 Not Found
on test/main.tf line 13, in resource "confluent_connector" "source":
13: resource "confluent_connector" "source" {

Applies To

Confluent Terraform Provider

Cause

This error error sending validation request: 404 Not Found could occur if the incorrect connector.class value is passed in the Terraform resource confluent_connector, or if the connector.class value used for Confluent Platform instead of a Confluent Cloud cluster.

confluent_connector is a connector resource that enables managing connectors on Confluent Cloud, not on the Confluent Platform. 

Confluent Cloud using for example the format "connector.class" = "SqsSource" , whereas Confluent Platform using the format "connector.class"="io.confluent.connect.sqs.source.SqsSourceConnectorformat"

Resolution

• The connector.class value for the fully managed Amazon SQS Source connector should be SqsSource per the docs
• Ensure to use the correct value  "connector.class" = "SqsSource" for the fully managed Amazon SQS Source connector.