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Importing Azure Resource To Terraform State After Timed Out Pipeline
This article will explain how to simply import a resource that was successfully deployed by Terraform from a GitHub action or DevOps pipeline that timed out into your state file.
Background
I’m working a lot with Terraform these days. ARM doesn’t scale, and while I’d prefer to use a…
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