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     6    The `terraform untaint` command manually unmarks a Terraform-managed resource as tainted, restoring it as the primary instance in the state.
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     8  
     9  # Command: untaint
    10  
    11  The `terraform untaint` command manually unmarks a Terraform-managed resource
    12  as tainted, restoring it as the primary instance in the state. This reverses
    13  either a manual `terraform taint` or the result of provisioners failing on a
    14  resource.
    15  
    16  This command _will not_ modify infrastructure, but does modify the state file
    17  in order to unmark a resource as tainted.
    18  
    19  ~> **NOTE on Tainted Indexes:** In certain edge cases, more than one tainted
    20  instance can be present for a single resource. When this happens, the `-index`
    21  flag is required to select which of the tainted instances to restore as
    22  primary. You can use the `terraform show` command to inspect the state and
    23  determine which index holds the instance you'd like to restore. In the vast
    24  majority of cases, there will only be one tainted instance, and the `-index`
    25  flag can be omitted.
    26  
    27  ## Usage
    28  
    29  Usage: `terraform untaint [options] name`
    30  
    31  The `name` argument is the name of the resource to mark as untainted.  The
    32  format of this argument is `TYPE.NAME`, such as `aws_instance.foo`.
    33  
    34  The command-line flags are all optional (with the exception of `-index` in
    35  certain cases, see above note). The list of available flags are:
    36  
    37  * `-allow-missing` - If specified, the command will succeed (exit code 0)
    38      even if the resource is missing. The command can still error, but only
    39      in critically erroneous cases.
    40  
    41  * `-backup=path` - Path to the backup file. Defaults to `-state-out` with
    42    the ".backup" extension. Disabled by setting to "-".
    43  
    44  * `-index=n` - Selects a single tainted instance when there are more than one
    45    tainted instances present in the state for a given resource. This flag is
    46    required when multiple tainted instances are present. The vast majority of the
    47    time, there is a maximum of one tainted instance per resource, so this flag
    48    can be safely omitted.
    49  
    50  * `-lock=true` - Lock the state file when locking is supported.
    51  
    52  * `-lock-timeout=0s` - Duration to retry a state lock.
    53  
    54  * `-module=path` - The module path where the resource to untaint exists.
    55      By default this is the root path. Other modules can be specified by
    56      a period-separated list. Example: "foo" would reference the module
    57      "foo" but "foo.bar" would reference the "bar" module in the "foo"
    58      module.
    59  
    60  * `-no-color` - Disables output with coloring
    61  
    62  * `-state=path` - Path to read and write the state file to. Defaults to "terraform.tfstate".
    63    Ignored when [remote state](/docs/state/remote.html) is used.
    64  
    65  * `-state-out=path` - Path to write updated state file. By default, the
    66    `-state` path will be used. Ignored when
    67    [remote state](/docs/state/remote.html) is used.