Private Custom Image with SoftLayer not working

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This issue was originally opened by @pat610 as hashicorp/terraform#8734. It was migrated here as part of the provider split. The original body of the issue is below.

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I've used the SoftLayer API to get the globalIdentifier of one of my private custom images. However, when I specify that image and run terraform apply I get an error:

softlayer_virtual_guest.terraform-sample-BDTGroup: Creating...
backend_vlan_id: "" => "559104"
cpu: "" => "8"
dedicated_acct_host_only: "" => "false"
disks.#: "" => "1"
disks.0: "" => "100"
domain: "" => "somedomain.com"
frontend_vlan_id: "" => "559102"
hourly_billing: "" => "true"
image: "" => "4b36e2f4-02f7-4830-8dd2-c37988c76783"
ipv4_address: "" => ""
ipv4_address_private: "" => ""
local_disk: "" => "false"
name: "" => "terraform-vm"
private_network_only: "" => "false"
public_network_speed: "" => "1000"
ram: "" => "32768"
region: "" => "tor01"
Error applying plan:

1 error(s) occurred:

• softlayer_virtual_guest.terraform-sample-BDTGroup: Error creating virtual guest: softlayer-go: could not SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest#createObject, HTTP error code: '500'

Terraform Version

Terraform v0.7.3

Terraform Configuration Files

resource "softlayer_virtual_guest" "terraform-sample-BDTGroup" {
    name = "terraform-vm"
    domain = "somedomain.com"
    image = "4b36e2f4-02f7-4830-8dd2-c37988c76783"
    region = "tor01"
    public_network_speed = 1000
    hourly_billing = true
    private_network_only = false
    cpu = 8
    ram = 32768
    disks = [100]
    dedicated_acct_host_only = false
    local_disk = false
    frontend_vlan_id = 559102
    backend_vlan_id = 559104    
}

Expected Behavior

Get a VM with my custom image

Actual Behavior

Error applying plan:

1 error(s) occurred:

• softlayer_virtual_guest.terraform-sample-BDTGroup: Error creating virtual guest: softlayer-go: could not SoftLayer_Virtual_Guest#createObject, HTTP error code: '500'

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform apply

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