The following configuration throws a connect error.

provider "kubernetes" {
host = "value"
token = "value"
cluster_ca_certificate = base64decode(value)
client_certificate = base64decode(value)
client_key = base64decode(value)
proxy_url = "https://127.0.0.1:8888"
}

Unable to connect to the server: proxyconnect tcp: tls: first record does not look like a TLS handshake

I can reproduce the same connect error with command
HTTPS_PROXY=https://127.0.0.1:8888 kubectl

I can access kubernetes using
HTTPS_PROXY=127.0.0.1:8888 kubectl

Terraform Version, Provider Version and Kubernetes Version

Terraform version: v1
Kubernetes provider version: v2.8.0
Kubernetes version: v1.22.5

Affected Resource(s)

Unable to connect to Kubernetes api through https proxy

Terraform Configuration Files

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Debug Output

Panic Output

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform apply

Expected Behavior

What should have happened?

1. Successful connection to kubernetes api to resolve kubernetes_manifest

Actual Behavior

What actually happened?

1. Failure to connect with the following message "Unable to connect to the server: proxyconnect tcp: tls: first record does not look like a TLS handshake"

Important Factoids

References

• This change added the functionality https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-kubernetes/pull/1441/files

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