Devops exercises : Adding 2 Terraform questions on import (#149)

* Add terraform import question
* Add how to use terraform import question
* Add example on how to use terraform import question
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It is also common in the community to use a tool called <code>terragrunt</code> to explicitly inject variables between modules. It is also common in the community to use a tool called <code>terragrunt</code> to explicitly inject variables between modules.
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<summary>What is Terraform import?</summary><br><b>
Terraform import is used to import existing infrastucture. It allows you to bring resources created by some other means (eg. manually launched cloud resources) and bring it under Terraform management.
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<summary>How do you import existing resource using Terraform import?</summary><br><b>
1. Identify which resource you want to import.
2. Write terraform code matching configuration of that resource.
3. Run terraform command <code>terraform import RESOURCE ID</code><br>
eg. Let's say you want to import an aws instance. Then you'll perform following:
1. Identify that aws instance in console
2. Refer to it's configuration and write Terraform code which will look something like:
```
resource "aws_instance" "tf_aws_instance" {
ami = data.aws_ami.ubuntu.id
instance_type = "t3.micro"
tags = {
Name = "import-me"
}
}
```
3. Run terraform command <code>terraform import aws_instance.tf_aws_instance i-12345678</code>
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