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---
title: Import Existing Resources
weight: 200
description: "Import existing resources into your control plane for Crossplane to manage"
---
If you have resources that are already provisioned in a Provider,
you can import them as managed resources and let Crossplane manage them.
A managed resource's [`managementPolicies`]({{<ref "../managed-resources/managed-resources#managementpolicies">}})
field enables importing external resources into Crossplane.
## Import resources in observe only mode
Start by importing external resources with an `Observe` [management policy]({{<ref "../managed-resources/managed-resources#managementpolicies">}}).
Crossplane imports observe only resources but never changes or deletes the
resources.
{{<hint "important" >}}
The managed resource `managementPolicies` option is a beta feature.
The Provider determines support for management policies.
Refer to the Provider's documentation to see if the Provider supports
management policies.
{{< /hint >}}
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### Apply the Observe management policy
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Create a new managed resource matching the
{{<hover label="oo-policy" line="1">}}apiVersion{{</hover>}} and
{{<hover label="oo-policy" line="2">}}kind{{</hover>}} of the resource
to import and add
{{<hover label="oo-policy" line="4">}}managementPolicies: ["Observe"]{{</hover>}} to the
{{<hover label="oo-policy" line="3">}}spec{{</hover>}}
For example, to import a GCP SQL DatabaseInstance, create a new resource with
the {{<hover label="oo-policy" line="4">}}managementPolicies: ["Observe"]{{</hover>}}
set.
```yaml {label="oo-policy",copy-lines="none"}
apiVersion: sql.gcp.upbound.io/v1beta1
kind: DatabaseInstance
spec:
managementPolicies: ["Observe"]
```
### Add the external-name annotation
Add the {{<hover label="oo-ex-name" line="5">}}crossplane.io/external-name{{</hover>}}
annotation for the resource. This name must match the name inside the Provider.
For example, for a GCP database named
{{<hover label="oo-ex-name" line="5">}}my-external-database{{</hover>}}, apply
the
{{<hover label="oo-ex-name" line="5">}}crossplane.io/external-name{{</hover>}}
annotation with the value
{{<hover label="oo-ex-name" line="5">}}my-external-database{{</hover>}}.
```yaml {label="oo-ex-name",copy-lines="none"}
apiVersion: sql.gcp.upbound.io/v1beta1
kind: DatabaseInstance
metadata:
annotations:
crossplane.io/external-name: my-external-database
spec:
managementPolicies: ["Observe"]
```
### Create a Kubernetes object name
Create a {{<hover label="oo-name" line="4">}}name{{</hover>}} to use for the
Kubernetes object.
For example, name the Kubernetes object
{{<hover label="oo-name" line="4">}}my-imported-database{{</hover>}}.
```yaml {label="oo-name",copy-lines="none"}
apiVersion: sql.gcp.upbound.io/v1beta1
kind: DatabaseInstance
metadata:
name: my-imported-database
annotations:
crossplane.io/external-name: my-external-database
spec:
managementPolicies: ["Observe"]
```
### Identify a specific external resource
If more than one resource inside the Provider shares the same name, identify the
specific resource with a unique
{{<hover line="9" label="oo-region">}}spec.forProvider{{</hover>}} field.
For example, only import the GCP SQL database in the
{{<hover line="10" label="oo-region">}}us-central1{{</hover>}} region.
```yaml {label="oo-region"}
apiVersion: sql.gcp.upbound.io/v1beta1
kind: DatabaseInstance
metadata:
name: my-imported-database
annotations:
crossplane.io/external-name: my-external-database
spec:
managementPolicies: ["Observe"]
forProvider:
region: "us-central1"
```
### Apply the managed resource
Apply the new managed resource. Crossplane syncs the status of the external
resource in the cloud with the newly created managed resource.
### View the discovered resource
Crossplane discovers the managed resource and populates the
{{<hover label="ooPopulated" line="12">}}status.atProvider{{</hover>}}
fields with the values from the external resource.
```yaml {label="ooPopulated",copy-lines="none"}
apiVersion: sql.gcp.upbound.io/v1beta1
kind: DatabaseInstance
metadata:
name: my-imported-database
annotations:
crossplane.io/external-name: my-external-database
spec:
managementPolicies: ["Observe"]
forProvider:
region: us-central1
status:
atProvider:
connectionName: crossplane-playground:us-central1:my-external-database
databaseVersion: POSTGRES_14
deletionProtection: true
firstIpAddress: 35.184.74.79
id: my-external-database
publicIpAddress: 35.184.74.79
region: us-central1
# Removed for brevity
settings:
- activationPolicy: ALWAYS
availabilityType: REGIONAL
diskSize: 100
# Removed for brevity
pricingPlan: PER_USE
tier: db-custom-4-26624
version: 4
conditions:
- lastTransitionTime: "2023-02-22T07:16:51Z"
reason: Available
status: "True"
type: Ready
- lastTransitionTime: "2023-02-22T07:16:51Z"
reason: ReconcileSuccess
status: "True"
type: Synced
```
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## Control imported observe only resources
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Crossplane can take active control of observe only imported resources by
changing the `managementPolicies` after import.
Change the {{<hover label="fc" line="8">}}managementPolicies{{</hover>}} field
of the managed resource to
{{<hover label="fc" line="8">}}["*"]{{</hover>}}.
Copy any required parameter values from
{{<hover label="fc" line="16">}}status.atProvider{{</hover>}} and provide them
in {{<hover label="fc" line="9">}}spec.forProvider{{</hover>}}.
{{< hint "tip" >}}
Manually copy the important `spec.atProvider` values to `spec.forProvider`.
{{< /hint >}}
```yaml {label="fc"}
apiVersion: sql.gcp.upbound.io/v1beta1
kind: DatabaseInstance
metadata:
name: my-imported-database
annotations:
crossplane.io/external-name: my-external-database
spec:
managementPolicies: ["*"]
forProvider:
databaseVersion: POSTGRES_14
region: us-central1
settings:
- diskSize: 100
tier: db-custom-4-26624
status:
atProvider:
databaseVersion: POSTGRES_14
region: us-central1
# Removed for brevity
settings:
- diskSize: 100
tier: db-custom-4-26624
# Removed for brevity
conditions:
- lastTransitionTime: "2023-02-22T07:16:51Z"
reason: Available
status: "True"
type: Ready
- lastTransitionTime: "2023-02-22T11:16:45Z"
reason: ReconcileSuccess
status: "True"
type: Synced
```
Crossplane now fully manages the imported resource. Crossplane applies any
changes to the managed resource in the Provider's external resource.