How to pass --if-not-exists in resource

[finallyRaunak]

Hi,

Is there any way to add --if-not-exists flag in kafka_topic resource section? Please Note there are topic which are created via CLI not using terraform.

I want to convert this CLI cmd to terraform format

kafka-topics.sh \
    --bootstrap-server myip:9094 \
    --create \
    --topic topic1 \
    --partitions 2 \
    --replication-factor 2 \
    --if-not-exists 

I have this code in my main.tf

terraform {
  required_providers {
    kafka = {
      source = "Mongey/kafka"
    }
  }
}

provider "kafka" {
  bootstrap_servers = ["myip:9094"]
  tls_enabled       = false
  skip_tls_verify   = true
  sasl_mechanism    = "plain"
}

resource "kafka_topic" "topic1" {
  name               = "topic1"
  replication_factor = 2
  partitions         = 2
}

resource "kafka_topic" "topic2" {
  name               = "topic2"
  replication_factor = 2
  partitions         = 2
}

and this is the error that I am getting

Error: kafka server: Topic with this name already exists

Please let me know if I am doing anything in an incorrect manner.

[OneCricketeer]

You should import the topic first

https://github.com/Mongey/terraform-provider-kafka#importing-existing-topics

[soujiro32167]

+1 to adding this option. Importing is an option, but it means either manual steps or throwaway steps in my CI pipeline

Moreover, for a large cluster, the import is super slow