Error creating github repo using terraform

Question

Receiving below error while trying to create a github repo using terraform Error below. Can some help help me to understand what am i missing here?

Error: POST https://api.github.com/repos/github/terraform-module-template/generate: 404 Not Found []

My script below

terraform {
  required_providers {
    github = {
      source = "integrations/github"
      version = "4.29.0"
    }
  }
}
provider "github" {
  token = "PAT here"

}

resource "github_repository" "byterraform" {
  name        = "byterraform"
  description = "Repo created by terraform script"

  visibility = "private"

  template {
    owner      = "github"
    repository = "terraform-module-template"
  }
}

Answer 1

Issue is due to template code i.e.

Remove below lines from code

  template {
    owner      = "github"
    repository = "terraform-module-template"
  }

since this code is trying to refer a template file but is unable to find one since there is none being passed to terraform, hence it gave 404 error.

Answer 2

Faced similar issue. Solved by:

• Re-generated github token
• used/replaced new token to/in provider "github" { token = "Re-generated github token" }