github.com/pulumi/terraform@v1.4.0/website/docs/language/state/import.mdx (about)

     1  ---
     2  page_title: 'State: Import Existing Resources'
     3  description: >-
     4    Terraform stores state which caches the known state of the world the last time
     5    Terraform ran.
     6  ---
     7  
     8  # Import Existing Resources
     9  
    10  Terraform is able to import existing infrastructure. This allows you to take
    11  resources you have created by some other means and bring them under Terraform management.
    12  
    13  To learn more about this, please visit the
    14  [pages dedicated to import](/cli/import).