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What Terraform import is and why shouldn’t you use it (but how to do it any

In this post, we talk about `terraform import`, what it’s used for, why you probably shouldn’t use it. A Cloud Guru makes it easy (and awesome) to level up your cloud career — even if you’re totally new to tech.

`terraform import` lets you target a resource that already exists, and map it to a resource you’ve defined in code.

Why shouldn’t you use `terraform import`? The reason to avoid using `terraform import` is very pragmatic: it’s tricky to do correctly, especially for more complicated resources.