random_string could support import

[hashicorp]

random_string could support import

[skolsuper]

Seems like this was released and works nicely, thanks! Can close this issue now 👍

edit: spoke too soon, I had to manually edit the state to prevent terraform from recreating it on the first apply:

# random_password.secret_key_base must be replaced
-/+ resource "random_password" "secret_key_base" {
      ~ id               = "none" -> (known after apply)
      + length           = 64 # forces replacement
      + lower            = false # forces replacement
      + min_lower        = 0 # forces replacement
      + min_numeric      = 0 # forces replacement
      + min_special      = 0 # forces replacement
      + min_upper        = 0 # forces replacement
      + number           = true # forces replacement
      + override_special = "abcdef" # forces replacement
      ~ result           = (sensitive value)
      + special          = true # forces replacement
      + upper            = false # forces replacement
    }

all values such as length, lower etc were all null in the state after import

[Sytten]

Can this provider be released so we have access to this feature. Thanks.

[dekimsey]

This would be amazing but also for the random_password resource. We need to migrate some uses of random_string to random_password but I'm wary of doing that since it'll regenerate the values.

[thibault-lepeu]

I actually this exact problem today, I really can't shutdown my production servers because of this.

terraform import random_string.user XXX
random_string.user: Importing from ID "XXX"...

Error: resource random_string doesn't support import

This would be super welcome 👍

[dijitali]

Agreed. A lot of modules in the community make use of the random_string to ensure naming uniqueness. As a result the resources in the modules depending on the random_string must be recreated on state import, which is a pain!

[crisp2u]

It seems there was an attempt: #46 I still think it would be usefull

[nijave]

You can achieve this by pulling down the state, manually editing, and pushing back up although importing would be ideal

[jahantech]

Is this solution acceptable? #100
Any comments will be appreciated.

[gespinoza22]

Concur on support for import on random_string and random random_password

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