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Co-authored-by: Damian Stasik <920747+damianstasik@users.noreply.github.com> Co-authored-by: Roman Grinovski <roman.grinovski@gmail.com>
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description: The `tofu state push` command pushes items to the OpenTofu state.
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---
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# Command: state push
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The `tofu state push` command is used to manually upload a local
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state file to [remote state](/docs/language/state/remote). This command also
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works with local state.
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This command should rarely be used. It is meant only as a utility in case
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manual intervention is necessary with the remote state.
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## Usage
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Usage: `tofu state push [options] PATH`
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This command pushes the state specified by PATH to the currently
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configured [backend](/docs/language/settings/backends/configuration).
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If PATH is "-" then the state data to push is read from stdin. This data
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is loaded completely into memory and verified prior to being written to
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the destination state.
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:::note
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OpenTofu state files must be in UTF-8 format without a byte order mark (BOM). For PowerShell on Windows, use `Set-Content` to automatically encode files in UTF-8 format. For example, run `tofu state push | sc tofu.tfstate`.
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:::
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OpenTofu will perform a number of safety checks to prevent you from
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making changes that appear to be unsafe:
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- **Differing lineage**: If the "lineage" value in the state differs,
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OpenTofu will not allow you to push the state. A differing lineage
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suggests that the states are completely different and you may lose
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data.
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- **Higher remote serial**: If the "serial" value in the destination state
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is higher than the state being pushed, OpenTofu will prevent the push.
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A higher serial suggests that data is in the destination state that isn't
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accounted for in the local state being pushed.
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Both of these safety checks can be disabled with the `-force` flag.
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**This is not recommended.** If you disable the safety checks and are
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pushing state, the destination state will be overwritten.
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For configurations using the [`cloud` backend](/docs/cli/cloud) or the [`remote` backend](/docs/language/settings/backends/remote)
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only, `tofu state push`
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also accepts the option
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[`-ignore-remote-version`](/docs/cli/cloud/command-line-arguments#ignore-remote-version).
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