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Terraform Import ​

The Tailor Platform Terraform provider supports importing existing resources into your Terraform configuration, allowing you to bring resources that were created through the console or CLI.

Importing a single resource ​

You can import a single existing resource by adding a resource configuration block to your Terraform files and then running the terraform import command.

Example ​

Let's import an existing TailorDB Namespace into your Terraform configuration:

hcl
  resource "tailor_tailordb" "example" {
    id = "trn:v1:workspace:<workspace_id>:tailordb:<namespace>"
  }

Then run:

bash
terraform import tailor_tailordb.example trn:v1:workspace:<workspace_id>:tailordb:<namespace>

After importing, run terraform plan to verify and adjust the configuration to match the imported state.

Bulk Import existing workspace resources ​

You can also import all resources in a workspace by following these steps:

  1. Export existing resources:
bash
tailorctl workspace export --output {OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}
  1. Create {OUTPUT_DIRECTORY}/provider.tf:
hcl
terraform {
  required_providers {
    tailor = {
      source  = "tailor-platform/tailor"
      version = ">= 1.1.1"
    }
  }
}

provider "tailor" {}
  1. Run terraform plan to generate and validate the imported resource configurations:
bash
terraform plan -generate-config-out=imported_resources.tf

Review imported_resources.tf to ensure all resources are correctly imported.

Incremental Importing ​

Incremental importing allows you to gradually bring resources to your workspace comparing and importing only the resources not already tracked in your current state.

  1. Export current state to JSON:
bash
terraform show -json > existing.json
  1. Export only resources not in the existing state:
bash
tailorctl workspace export --output {OUTPUT_DIRECTORY} --state existing.json

This will export the resources that are not in the existing.json file. Import the new resources using the Terraform import process.