random_string could support import

[jaysonsantos]

Terraform Version

Terraform v0.12.1

Affected Resource(s)

• random_string

Terraform Configuration Files

resource "random_string" "master_password" {
  length = 16
}

resource "aws_rds_cluster" "cluster" {
  master_password = random_string.master_password.result
}

Expected Behavior

It would be nice to be able to import random strings when you already have things like an RDS cluster set-up otherwise you need to change the password after the first import happens (if you want to keep the password on the state to be able to rotate).

Actual Behavior

Import is denied

Steps to Reproduce

1. terraform random_string.master_password 1234

If you think this would be useful, let me know and I can try to implement it.

[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

[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.

[nijave]

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

[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 👍

[jahantech]

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

[gespinoza22]

Concur on support for import on random_string and random random_password

[Sytten]

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

[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

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