Import existing Terraform

Flowright isn’t a one-way generator you have to commit to. The canvas and the code are two views of the same design, so you can start from Terraform you already have.

Round-trip, both directions

The byte-perfect round-trip runs both ways. Generation (canvas → HCL) and parsing (HCL → canvas) come from the same definition, so importing your code and exporting it again is byte-identical — references reconstruct onto the exact socket they came from.

1. Paste or open your Terraform. Flowright parses the HCL into a resource graph.

2. It lands on the canvas. Each resource becomes a node; aws_x.y.attr references reconnect to the right ports automatically.

3. Edit visually. Add a cache, re-wire a role, change an instance size — on the canvas or in the code, whichever you prefer.

4. Export it back. The generated HCL matches what you’d hand-write, validated against the AWS provider schema.

Note

Resources Flowright already models import cleanly, with references reconnected to the right ports. Anything outside its catalog (or syntax it doesn’t model yet) is reported in the import diagnostics rather than silently swallowed, so you always know exactly what came across and what didn’t.

Why it matters

You don’t have to choose between “the tool that draws” and “the tool that ships.” Bring your existing infrastructure in, work on it visually, and hand the same Terraform to your normal plan/apply pipeline — no rewrite, no lock-in.