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     6    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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     8  
     9  # Command: taint
    10  
    11  The `terraform taint` command manually marks a Terraform-managed resource
    12  as tainted, forcing it to be destroyed and recreated on the next apply.
    13  
    14  This command _will not_ modify infrastructure, but does modify the
    15  state file in order to mark a resource as tainted. Once a resource is
    16  marked as tainted, the next
    17  [plan](/docs/commands/plan.html) will show that the resource will
    18  be destroyed and recreated and the next
    19  [apply](/docs/commands/apply.html) will implement this change.
    20  
    21  Forcing the recreation of a resource is useful when you want a certain
    22  side effect of recreation that is not visible in the attributes of a resource.
    23  For example: re-running provisioners will cause the node to be different
    24  or rebooting the machine from a base image will cause new startup scripts
    25  to run.
    26  
    27  Note that tainting a resource for recreation may affect resources that
    28  depend on the newly tainted resource. For example, a DNS resource that
    29  uses the IP address of a server may need to be modified to reflect
    30  the potentially new IP address of a tainted server. The
    31  [plan command](/docs/commands/plan.html) will show this if this is
    32  the case.
    33  
    34  ## Usage
    35  
    36  Usage: `terraform taint [options] name`
    37  
    38  The `name` argument is the name of the resource to mark as tainted.
    39  The format of this argument is `TYPE.NAME`, such as `aws_instance.foo`.
    40  
    41  The command-line flags are all optional. The list of available flags are:
    42  
    43  * `-allow-missing` - If specified, the command will succeed (exit code 0)
    44      even if the resource is missing. The command can still error, but only
    45      in critically erroneous cases.
    46  
    47  * `-backup=path` - Path to the backup file. Defaults to `-state-out` with
    48    the ".backup" extension. Disabled by setting to "-".
    49  
    50  * `-module=path` - The module path where the resource to taint exists.
    51      By default this is the root path. Other modules can be specified by
    52      a period-separated list. Example: "foo" would reference the module
    53      "foo" but "foo.bar" would reference the "bar" module in the "foo"
    54      module.
    55  
    56  * `-no-color` - Disables output with coloring
    57  
    58  * `-state=path` - Path to read and write the state file to. Defaults to "terraform.tfstate".
    59  
    60  * `-state-out=path` - Path to write updated state file. By default, the
    61    `-state` path will be used.