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Importing resources into tfstate is no longer annoying

Importing resources into tfstate is no longer annoying

by coolapso·May 11, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

●●SolidSolve My Problem

Smart ID deduction saves hours of hunting down provider-specific resource strings.

Strengths
  • •Uses cloud SDKs to dynamically resolve opaque IDs from tags instead of hardcoding.
  • •Supports Terraform, OpenTofu, and Terragrunt without requiring provider-specific flags.
Weaknesses
  • •Still requires you to write the manifest files before the import process begins.
  • •Niche utility that solves a painful but infrequent workflow for most teams.
Target Audience

DevOps engineers, Platform engineers

Similar To

terraformer · tfimport (Google) · aztfexport

Post Description

Hello fellow Infrastructure / Cloud / Platform / DevOps / insert whatever is your favorite title here engineers!

I guess you have dealt with the nightmare of importing infrastructure into tfstate (terraform / tofu / terragrunt) before right? its easy when you have a few resources, but its a nightmare when you're overhauling a lot infrastructure with a lot of resources in a bunch of different environments.

I eventually got frustrated with it,and needed to speed up the process a little bit, so I figured to take a stab at it, and created tfimport!

Hope its useful and helpful for more people out there!

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