azurerm_template_deployment doesn't support import

[shawnferry]

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Terraform (and AzureRM Provider) Version

Terraform v0.12.26

• provider.azuread v0.10.0
• provider.azurerm v2.13.0
• provider.external v1.2.0
• provider.null v2.1.2
• provider.random v2.2.1
• provider.tls v2.1.1

Affected Resource(s)

• azurerm_template_deployment

Terraform Configuration Files

https://www.terraform.io/docs/providers/azurerm/r/template_deployment.html

Debug Output

Panic Output

Expected Behavior

Pre-existing template deployments should be importable to allow plans with resources dependent on their creation to be applied.

Actual Behavior

1. A long running (3+h) template runs and sometimes fails in terraform apply while eventually succeeding in Azure.
2. Subsequent applys fail due to dependencies on the existing resource.

Error: resource azurerm_template_deployment doesn't support import

Steps to Reproduce

1. Manually create a deployment in an azure resource group called acctesttemplate-01
2. Terraform apply provider example resource
   1. Resource exists and must be imported
   2. Cannot import this type of resource

Important Factoids

I've worked around this by making deployment names unique and allowing for a toggle and dependencies but I still believe it should be possible to import the template resources.

References

#6045

[ArcturusZhang]

Hi @shawnferry we have introduced two new resources azurerm_(resource_group|subscription)_template_deployment to supersede the old azurerm_template_deployment resource to provide more detailed control of the ARM templates, and the old azurerm_template_deployment resource will be deprecated in v3.0 of the provider. Therefore could you please try our new resource azurerm_resource_group_template_deployment as a workaround?

[jishnu-codes]

The new resource mentioned is not detecting the deployment and throws the below error:
Error: Cannot import non-existent remote object

[tombuildsstuff]

Closing this out since the new resources support importing

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