Move multiple items in terraform states
Some of terraform state commands can be used in case that modify the terraform state.
We use terraform state mv command to move items or rename items in that state, enabling efficient refactoring.
terraform versions
$ terraform -v
Terraform v0.12.16
+ provider.aws v2.40.0All resources within a terraform state.
$ terraform state list
module.cloud_trails.data.aws_caller_identity.this
module.cloud_trails.aws_cloudtrail.this
module.cloud_trails.aws_s3_bucket.this
module.cloud_trails.aws_s3_bucket_policy.this
module.guard_duty.aws_guardduty_detector.thisExample: Rename module.cloud_trails.* to module.cloudtrail.*
$ terraform state mv -dry-run 'module.cloud_trails' 'module.cloudtrail'
Would move "module.cloud_trails" to "module.cloudtrail"Example: Rename module.cloud_trails.*.this to module.cloud_trails.*.that
$ terraform state list module.cloud_trails
| awk '{print $1 " " $1}' \
| sed 's/this/that/2' \
| xargs -n2 bash -c 'terraform state mv -dry-run $0 $1'
Would move "module.cloud_trails.data.aws_caller_identity.this" to "module.cloud_trails.data.aws_caller_identity.that"
Would move "module.cloud_trails.aws_cloudtrail.this" to "module.cloud_trails.aws_cloudtrail.that"
Would move "module.cloud_trails.aws_s3_bucket.this" to "module.cloud_trails.aws_s3_bucket.that"
Would move "module.cloud_trails.aws_s3_bucket_policy.this" to "module.cloud_trails.aws_s3_bucket_policy.that"You need to eliminate -dry-run to rename itemes in the state.