resource aws_iam_access_key doesn't support import

[cedricbastin]

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Description

Make it possible to import AWS IAM Access Keys that were manually via the AWS Console. It should be possible to run
terraform import aws_iam_access_key.my_access_key <Access Key ID> and bring them under Terraform management.

Currently this is not supported and results in the error message: resource aws_iam_access_key doesn't support import.

Affected Resource

• aws_iam_access_key

Potential Terraform Configuration

resource "aws_iam_access_key" "my_access_key" {
  user = "${aws_iam_user.my_user.name}"
}

References

[bflad]

Hi @cedricbastin 👋 Thank you for raising this. We can certainly add import support for the resource. Please note though, that the IAM API does not provide a method for fetching the secret, so imported resources cannot provide that that information. Imported resources will however be able to perform status updates and be deleted, which is still useful.

[cedricbastin]

@bflad Thanks for getting back to me and for clarifying this, I was also wondering about this! 👍
There would still be value in tracking the existence of the keys in code, for inventory reasons.
Would it be possible for Terraform to warn about old (> x days) access keys during a plan/apply?

[bflad]

@cedricbastin not with the Terraform AWS Provider itself -- its primary function is to map AWS APIs onto Terraform resources. This is typically a space for Policy as Code/Configuration tooling such as Sentinel, Open Policy Agent, etc. which can provide informational, warning, or failure information based on Terraform configuration or state.

[ghost]

This has been released in version 3.27.0 of the Terraform AWS provider. Please see the Terraform documentation on provider versioning or reach out if you need any assistance upgrading.

For further feature requests or bug reports with this functionality, please create a new GitHub issue following the template for triage. Thanks!

[ghost]

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