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     3  page_title: "State: Import Existing Resources"
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     6    Terraform stores state which caches the known state of the world the last time Terraform ran.
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     9  # Import Existing Resources
    10  
    11  Terraform is able to import existing infrastructure. This allows you take
    12  resources you've created by some other means and bring it under Terraform management.
    13  
    14  To learn more about this, please visit the
    15  [pages dedicated to import](/docs/import/index.html).