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pulumi import — Import resources into an existing stack. Read syntax for your cloud provider: <https://www.pulumi.co

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Problem

How to use the pulumi import command: Import resources into an existing stack. Read syntax for your cloud provider: <https://www.pulumi.com/registry/>. More information: <https://www.pulumi.com/docs/iac/cli/commands/pulumi_import/>.

Solution

pulumi import — Import resources into an existing stack. Read syntax for your cloud provider: <https://www.pulumi.com/registry/>. More information: <https://www.pulumi.com/docs/iac/cli/commands/pulumi_import/>.

Generate the resource definition with a given name for an existing provider resource:

pulumi import {{type_token}} {{name}} {{id}}

Import an existing AWS user as a pulumi resource:

pulumi import aws:iam/user:User {{my_user_resource}} {{id}}

Import an existing Cloudflare worker:

pulumi import cloudflare:index/workersScript:WorkersScript {{my_worker_script}} {{account_id/script_name}}

Import from a JSON file for bulk import operations and output to a file instead of stdout:

pulumi import --file {{path/to/file.json}} --out {{path/to/file}}

Code Snippets

Generate the resource definition with a given name for an existing provider resource

pulumi import {{type_token}} {{name}} {{id}}

Import an existing AWS user as a `pulumi` resource

pulumi import aws:iam/user:User {{my_user_resource}} {{id}}

Import an existing Cloudflare worker

pulumi import cloudflare:index/workersScript:WorkersScript {{my_worker_script}} {{account_id/script_name}}

Import from a JSON file for bulk import operations and output to a file instead of `stdout`

pulumi import --file {{path/to/file.json}} --out {{path/to/file}}

Context

tldr-pages: common/pulumi import

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