Terraform: Terraform EC2 Import error- user_data is changing.

[manjitsin]

I have a critical service running in EC2 instance. I want to bring it under Terraform control. I imported the aws instance with terraform import command. But whenever I run terraform plan, its asking to destroy and create a new instance as user_data is changed. The instance was launched manually with user_data. I cant shut down or destroy and recreate the instance. Is there any way to import the aws instance without touching the user_data.
My main aim to manage the security groups and rules attached to instance with terraform. I dont have to modify other parameters like user_data. So please suggest a way to import the instance.

[Victorion]

You can ignore some changes if you don't need them

lifecycle {
        ignore_changes = [
            "user_data"
        ]
    }

[mildwonkey]

@manjitsingh664 - it's hard to advise without seeing your configuration, but @Victorion 's suggestion is sound. Either remove user_data from your terraform configuration altogether or set the lifecycle as suggested above.

[manjitsin]

@Victorion @mildwonkey - Thanks for the answer..It works.

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