Error creating IAM User X: EntityAlreadyExists: User with name X already exists about terraform-up-and-running-code HOT 4 CLOSED

Yes, unfortunately, it's a limitation in Terraform :(

See hashicorp/terraform#14275 and hashicorp/terraform#17179 for details.

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This is a real shame, it literally makes the tool unusable to manage large numbers of items such as subnets or firewall chains.

I guess this is why even the UK Gov terraform code just looks so copy and paste.
https://github.com/alphagov/govuk-terraform-provisioning/blob/master/projects/user_management/resources/integration/users.tf

Maybe I'l have to see about some sort of template to generate the TF files, but this means more wrappers :(

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Agreed, it's quite a painful limitation. Hopefully, there will be a solution in the next version of Terraform.

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You can manage existing users using the import command now:

terraform import aws_iam_user.trinity trinity

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