Terraform Import strips quotations from index

Question

I'm trying to import state from Azure via Terraform and save the state to a resource with indexes, such as:

terraform import azurerm_subnet.test_subnets["test-subnet-1"] /subscriptions/xxxxxx-xxx-xxx-xxxxx/resourceGroups/test-rg/providers/Microsoft.Network/virtualNetworks/test-vnet/subnets/test-subnet-1

I read other threads that say I have to escape the quotation marks, so I did. Even though the quotes are escaped, it seems as though the Terraform compiler is still pulling the quotations out and leaving the characters in place.

Here's the error output that I'm seeing:

Error: Invalid character

  on <import-address> line 1:
   1: azurerm_subnet.test_subnets[est-subnet-1]

This character is not used within the language.


Error: Index value required

  on <import-address> line 1:
   1: azurerm_subnet.test_subnets[est-subnet-1]

Index brackets must contain either a literal number or a literal string.


Error: Invalid character

  on <import-address> line 1:
   1: azurerm_subnet.test_subnets[est-subnet-1]

This character is not used within the language.

For information on valid syntax, see:
https://www.terraform.io/docs/internals/resource-addressing.html

Any thoughts here? Am I doing something wrong or is this a known limitation of the application?

Answer 1

In PowerShell, the import command should be like this:

terraform import 'azurerm_subnet.test_subnets["test-subnet-1"]' subnet_resource_id

The screenshot here shows the output:

But if you use the cmd in windows, the command you use is also right. See more details about command import.