Question

A web server EC2 instance managed by Terraform has become corrupted after a failed manual patch. The configuration itself is correct and unchanged, but you want Terraform to destroy and recreate this single resource on the next apply without altering any other infrastructure. Which approach uses the current, recommended Terraform command to accomplish this?

Accepted Answer

Run terraform apply -replace="aws_instance.web" to mark the instance for recreation during apply

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Run terraform refresh to force Terraform to detect the corruption and rebuild the instance

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Run terraform state rm aws_instance.web so Terraform recreates it on the next plan

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Delete the aws_instance.web resource block, apply, then re-add it and apply again