Support terraform import command

gitlab-terraform does not currently support the import command.

To add it, insert the following in the case stanza in gitlab-terraform.sh:

  "import")
    # shift argument list „one to the left“ to not call 'terraform import import'
    # -input=false must be before args
    shift
    terraform import -input=false "${@}"
  ;;

My motivation for using it was to import the kubernetes_namespace of the Review environment, so that it can be destroyed in a stop job. This is one solution to this environment cleanup issue.

mentioned in issue gitlab#27501 (closed)

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the base Terraform CLI is in this image... could you not just run terraform import commands directly as a script: step?

@ashtonkd Then you would need to set up all the relevant TF_ environment variables yourself -- that's what this helper script does. See the use case I present in the link.

@evanwies you should be able to just run gitlab-terraform import ... manually. Given the default command here.

Would that solve your issue?

Hello, looking at it now, I think you are right. This is the main invocation that I needed from the image in a .gitlab-ci.yml:

• gitlab-terraform import kubernetes_namespace.review $TF_VAR_kube_namespace

which could probably be (without the change):

• gitlab-terraform import -input=false kubernetes_namespace.review $TF_VAR_kube_namespace

I don't use the integration anymore, so I can't test. The gitlab-terraform script was a bit different a year ago, but I don't recall whether I had problems or if I just felt that the import command should have the same little bit of lift as the other commands. All good with me if you want to close the issue

Thanks for the prompt response @evanwies

Since terraform import is a rather "special" command and can be applied "generically" in a pipeline job I'm going to close here.

One can always define a custom job and just run it from the pipeline and run it locally connected to the GitLab Terraform state.

Thanks

closed

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