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brandonpollack23 · 2025-01-09T08:20:49Z

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This is a great article, @brandonpollack23 ! Thanks much for the write-up. There are some minor grammatical issues to address (as noted), but otherwise the post looks good.

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Addressed :)

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tgummerer · 2025-01-10T08:21:57Z

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+to navigate to your project directory and run the following command with the
+latest version of Pulumi installed:
+
+{{% chooser language "javascript,typescript,python,go" %}}


Does this not work for yaml/dotnet/java?

it does but I havent gotten around to testing each of those (there are enough issues from various subtleties in the ones built into the repo). Figured I'd wait until it was out of draft stage and folks had a look at it, but I'm going to test/add them after that.

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+title: "Pulumi Convert Terraform Improvements"


I wonder if we can come up with a more exciting/specific title for this. Maybe

Convert Terraform Projects With Any Provider

Though I don't really love that either 🤔

I'm open to suggestions for sure, I'm not in love with this title

We also want to talk about similar support for pulumi import in this blog post (pulumi/pulumi#17507; which is going to ship in this week's CLI), so might be worth keeping that in mind for the title as well.

Alright I changed it to something fun, let me know if this is too much

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+title: "Pulumi Convert Terraform Improvements"


We also want to talk about similar support for pulumi import in this blog post (pulumi/pulumi#17507; which is going to ship in this week's CLI), so might be worth keeping that in mind for the title as well.

justinvp · 2025-01-14T00:21:18Z

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+There is still more you can do, the generated code could be cleaned up some as there
+are some unused variables, etc.
+
+## Limitations


We wanted to also mention pulumi import support for any Terraform/OpenTofu provider in this blog post as well. I think that could be as simple as an extra section above that says something like:

Importing

We also now support importing existing infrastructure from any Terraform/OpenTofu provider with the pulumi import command. For example:
(insert some example pulumi import command)

It doesn't necessarily have to go as in depth as the sections on pulumi convert above.

Let me know if you want to take a crack at writing this or if you'd like some help.

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Sorry for not sending sooner, but I have some additional feedback on the import section

justinvp · 2025-01-15T23:45:44Z

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+There is still more you can do, the generated code could be cleaned up some as there
+are some unused variables, etc.
+
+## Importing Resources from Bridged Terraform Providers


Suggested change

## Importing Resources from Bridged Terraform Providers

## Importing Resources from Any Terraform Provider

justinvp · 2025-01-15T23:48:19Z

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+Up until now, Terraform providers bridged this way using our parameterized
+[Pulumi Terraform Provider](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-terraform-bridge)
+could not be
+[imported](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/iac/cli/commands/pulumi_import/)
+correctly into other stacks (or any other parameterizable provider for that
+matter).


I'd cut this paragraph and just focus on the new capability:

Suggested change

Up until now, Terraform providers bridged this way using our parameterized

[Pulumi Terraform Provider](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-terraform-bridge)

could not be

[imported](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/iac/cli/commands/pulumi_import/)

correctly into other stacks (or any other parameterizable provider for that

matter).

justinvp · 2025-01-15T23:58:59Z

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+With the release of [Pulumi 3.146.0](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.146.0), we have also
+addressed this limitation, and you can now import resources that will be
+managed by the Pulumi Terraform parameterized provider and code will also be
+generated to manage these resources from within Pulumi.  See the [documentation for `pulumi import`](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/iac/cli/commands/pulumi_import/)
+for more details.


Could we show an example of importing a PlanetScale resource?

Suggested change

With the release of [Pulumi 3.146.0](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.146.0), we have also

addressed this limitation, and you can now import resources that will be

managed by the Pulumi Terraform parameterized provider and code will also be

generated to manage these resources from within Pulumi. See the [documentation for `pulumi import`](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/iac/cli/commands/pulumi_import/)

for more details.

In addition to being able to use any Terraform/OpenTofu provider with `pulumi convert`, with the release of [Pulumi 3.146.0](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.146.0) you can now _import_ resources from any Terraform/OpenTofu provider using the [`pulumi import`](https://www.pulumi.com/docs/iac/cli/commands/pulumi_import/) command.

Here's an example of importing an existing PlanetScale resource:

TODO

justinvp · 2025-01-15T23:59:51Z

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+## What's Really New Here? 🚀
+
+1. **Automatic Provider Bridging**: The converter now automatically handles any Terraform provider, even ones without Pulumi equivalents
+2. **Improved Import Support**: With [Pulumi 3.146.0](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.146.0), you can now import resources from any bridged provider


Suggested change

2. **Improved Import Support**: With [Pulumi 3.146.0](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.146.0), you can now import resources from any bridged provider

2. **Improved Import Support**: With [Pulumi 3.146.0](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.146.0), you can now import resources from any Terraform provider

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	## Importing Resources from Bridged Terraform Providers
	## Importing Resources from Any Terraform Provider

	2. Improved Import Support: With [Pulumi 3.146.0](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.146.0), you can now import resources from any bridged provider
	2. Improved Import Support: With [Pulumi 3.146.0](https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi/releases/tag/v3.146.0), you can now import resources from any Terraform provider

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