Terraform import error troubleshooting

[Craig Wampler]

Hello,

I posted this on ServerFault, but no response yet (https://serverfault.com/questions/893131/terrform-import-command-error-when-refreshing-state). Trying the mailing list...

I am trying to import resources from AWS into a simple terraform file.

Terraform file:

provider aws {
    access_key = "..."
    secret_key = "..."
    region = "us-east-1"
}

resource "aws_vpc" "Test_VPC" {

}

When I try to import the Test_VPC, using terraform import aws_vpc.Test_VPC vpc-xxxxxxxx(vpx-xxxxxxxx is a valid VPC ID), I get the following error:

aws_vpc.Test_VPC: Importing from ID "vpc-xxxxxxxx"...
aws_vpc.Test_VPC: Import complete!
  Imported aws_vpc (ID: vpc-xxxxxxxx)
aws_vpc.Test_VPC: Refreshing state... (ID: vpc-xxxxxxxx)
Error importing: 1 error(s) occurred:

* aws_vpc.Test_VPC (import id: vpc-xxxxxxxx): 1 error(s) occurred:

* import aws_vpc.Test_VPC result: vpc-xxxxxxxx: import aws_vpc.Test_VPC (id: vpc-xxxxxxxx): Terraform detected a resource with this ID doesn't
exist. Please verify the ID is correct. You cannot import non-existent
resources using Terraform import.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong or how to troubleshoot this?

[Tim Sattarov]

Hi Craig,

as first step of debugging, I would check if those credentials from provider definition have access to that VPC.
something like:

aws ec2 describe-vpcs --vpc-ids vpc-xxxxx

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[Craig Wampler]

Doht! Thanks Tim =)