getting error while creating resource group in Terraform

Ashwani Verma 1

while running this command

terraform apply -var="location=Central India"

Error: A resource with the ID "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/NoBSDevOpsMonolith" already exists - to be managed via Terraform this resource needs to be imported into the State. Please see the resource documentation for "azurerm_resource_group" for more information.
│
│ with azurerm_resource_group.monolithRG,
│ on main.tf line 10, in resource "azurerm_resource_group" "monolithRG":
│ 10: resource "azurerm_resource_group" "monolithRG" {

to rectify when ran this command

resource "azurerm_resource_group" "NoBSDevOpsMonolith" {
name = "var.NoBSDevOpsMonolith"
location = "var.Central India"
}

getting this error
resource: The term 'resource' is not recognized as a name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or executable program.
Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.

i followed so many articles like "https://gmusumeci.medium.com/how-to-import-an-existing-azure-resource-in-terraform-6d585f93ea02" but no luck so far

appreciate anyone help to get rid of this error

kobulloc-MSFT 23,491 Reputation points Microsoft Employee

2022-05-03T23:51:50.727+00:00
Hello, @Ashwani Verma !

There's an interesting GitHub issue opened with HashiCorp (Terraform) that goes into why you would see this error with an existing resource and recommends following the official Terraform import documentation:

https://github.com/hashicorp/terraform-provider-azurerm/issues/6389

I know you mentioned going through several articles but this will be difficult to troubleshoot without seeing your import process and I think these two do a good job of walking you through the steps with code samples and screenshots. In particular, they are explicit in providing examples for the .tf contents and file structure:

Thomas Thornton: Importing Terraform State in Azure (Mar 31st, 2021)

Virtual Geek: Importing existing resources into Terraform - Step by Step (Mar 12th, 2022)