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layout: "docs"
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page_title: "Command: taint"
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sidebar_current: "docs-commands-taint"
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The `terraform taint` command manually marks a Terraform-managed resource as tainted, forcing it to be destroyed and recreated on the next apply.
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# Command: taint
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The `terraform taint` command manually marks a Terraform-managed resource
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as tainted, forcing it to be destroyed and recreated on the next apply.
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This command _will not_ modify infrastructure, but does modify the
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state file in order to mark a resource as tainted. Once a resource is
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marked as tainted, the next
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[plan](/docs/commands/plan.html) will show that the resource will
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be destroyed and recreated and the next
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[apply](/docs/commands/apply.html) will implement this change.
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Forcing the recreation of a resource is useful when you want a certain
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side effect of recreation that is not visible in the attributes of a resource.
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For example: re-running provisioners will cause the node to be different
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or rebooting the machine from a base image will cause new startup scripts
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to run.
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Note that tainting a resource for recreation may affect resources that
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depend on the newly tainted resource. For example, a DNS resource that
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uses the IP address of a server may need to be modified to reflect
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the potentially new IP address of a tainted server. The
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[plan command](/docs/commands/plan.html) will show this if this is
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the case.
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## Usage
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Usage: `terraform taint [options] name`
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The `name` argument is the name of the resource to mark as tainted.
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The format of this argument is `TYPE.NAME`, such as `aws_instance.foo`.
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The command-line flags are all optional. The list of available flags are:
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* `-backup=path` - Path to the backup file. Defaults to `-state-out` with
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the ".backup" extension. Disabled by setting to "-".
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* `-module=path` - The module path where the resource to taint exists.
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By default this is the root path. Other modules can be specified by
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a period-separated list. Example: "foo" would reference the module
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"foo" but "foo.bar" would reference the "bar" module in the "foo"
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module.
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* `-no-color` - Disables output with coloring
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* `-state=path` - Path to read and write the state file to. Defaults to "terraform.tfstate".
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* `-state-out=path` - Path to write updated state file. By default, the
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`-state` path will be used.
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