terraform/website/docs/language/state/import.mdx

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page_title: 'State: Import Existing Resources'
description: >-
  Terraform stores state which caches the known state of the world the last time
  Terraform ran.
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# Import Existing Resources

Terraform is able to import existing infrastructure. This allows you to take
resources you have created by some other means and bring them under Terraform management.

To learn more, see [Import](/terraform/language/import).