Creating an Import Job

• Console
• CLI
• API

• 1. On the Stacks list page, select the stack that you want to work with. If you need help finding the list page or the stack, see Listing Stacks.
  2. Go to More actions and select Import state.
  3. (Optional) In the Import panel, edit the default name for the job. Avoid entering confidential information.
  4. For Select a Terraform state file to upload, add the Terraform state file that you want to import into the stack.
     You can drag the file onto the control or select Browse and navigate to the file location.
  5. To retrieve the latest versions available from the configured source of Terraform providers, select Show advanced options and select Upgrade provider versions.
     The stack must be Terraform 0.14 or later, and if the stack is older, it must be upgraded to use Terraform Registry.This step is required if provider versions in the Terraform configuration changed since the last time a job was run on the stack. Dependency lock files are automatically managed for new and updated stacks. Providers are updated within the version constraints of the Terraform configuration.
  6. (Optional) Add tags:
     1. To show tagging options, select Show advanced options.
     2. To add a defined tag, select the namespace and key, then enter a value.
     3. To add a free-form tag, enter a key and value.
  7. Select Import.

  The import job is created. The new job is listed under Jobs.

• Use the oci resource-manager job create-import-tf-state-job command and required parameters to run an import job.

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  oci resource-manager job create-import-tf-state-job --stack-id <stack_OCID> --tf-state-file <job_details>

  For a complete list of parameters and values for CLI commands, see the Command Line Reference for Resource Manager.

• Use the CreateJob operation to create an import job.

  For an example of the operation part of the request, see CreateImportTfStateJobOperationDetails.