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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Command: state push"
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sidebar_current: "docs-commands-state-sub-push"
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The `terraform state push` command pushes items to the Terraform state.
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# Command: state push
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The `terraform state push` command is used to manually upload a local
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state file to [remote state](/docs/language/state/remote.html). This command also
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works with local state.
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This command should rarely be used. It is meant only as a utility in case
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manual intervention is necessary with the remote state.
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## Usage
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Usage: `terraform state push [options] PATH`
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This command will push the state specified by PATH to the currently
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configured [backend](/docs/language/settings/backends/index.html).
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If PATH is "-" then the state data to push is read from stdin. This data
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is loaded completely into memory and verified prior to being written to
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the destination state.
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Terraform will perform a number of safety checks to prevent you from
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making changes that appear to be unsafe:
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* **Differing lineage**: If the "lineage" value in the state differs,
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Terraform will not allow you to push the state. A differing lineage
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suggests that the states are completely different and you may lose
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data.
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* **Higher remote serial**: If the "serial" value in the destination state
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is higher than the state being pushed, Terraform will prevent the push.
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A higher serial suggests that data is in the destination state that isn't
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accounted for in the local state being pushed.
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Both of these safety checks can be disabled with the `-force` flag.
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**This is not recommended.** If you disable the safety checks and are
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pushing state, the destination state will be overwritten.
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For configurations using
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[the `remote` backend](/docs/language/settings/backends/remote.html)
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only, `terraform state push`
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also accepts the option
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[`-ignore-remote-version`](/docs/language/settings/backends/remote.html#command-line-arguments).
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