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  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 take
resources you've created by some other means and bring it under Terraform management.

To learn more about this, please visit the
[pages dedicated to import](/docs/cli/import/index.html).
