ibm_sm resources should have use references to ibm_resource_instance.sm_instance.guid and ibm_sm_secret_group.sm_secret_group.secret_group_id

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New or Affected Resource(s) or Datasource(s)

• ibm_sm_arbitrary_secret
• ibm_sm_en_registration
• ibm_sm_ALL

Description

https://registry.terraform.io/providers/IBM-Cloud/ibm/latest/docs/resources/sm_arbitrary_secret
as an example:

resource "ibm_sm_arbitrary_secret" "sm_arbitrary_secret" {
  instance_id   = "6ebc4224-e983-496a-8a54-f40a0bfa9175"
  region        = "us-south"
  custom_metadata = {"key":"value"}
  secret_group_id = "default"
...
}

• The secret_group_id should be specified as ibm_sm_secret_group.sm_secret_group.secret_group_id
• The instance_id should be specified as ibm_resource_instance.sm_instance.guid and perhaps include the resource instance. Why is _guid being used instead of _id?
• in the description the instance_guid field of the ibm_resource_instance should be mentioned. This is going to be a common first problem for users
  
• similar for the secret_group_ip

See key protect as an example:

https://registry.terraform.io/providers/IBM-Cloud/ibm/latest/docs/resources/kms_instance_policies

References