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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Import"
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sidebar_current: "docs-import"
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description: |-
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Terraform is able to import existing infrastructure. This allows you take
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resources you've created by some other means and bring it under Terraform
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management.
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# Import
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Terraform is able to import existing infrastructure. This allows you take
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resources you've created by some other means and bring it under Terraform
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management.
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This is a great way to slowly transition infrastructure to Terraform, or
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to be able to be confident that you can use Terraform in the future if it
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potentially doesn't support every feature you need today.
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## Currently State Only
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The current implementation of Terraform import can only import resources
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into the [state](/docs/state). It does not generate configuration. A future
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version of Terraform will also generate configuration.
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Because of this, prior to running `terraform import` it is necessary to write
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manually a `resource` configuration block for the resource, to which the
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imported object will be attached.
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While this may seem tedious, it still gives Terraform users an avenue for
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importing existing resources. A future version of Terraform will fully generate
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configuration, significantly simplifying this process.
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