diff --git a/website/source/docs/enterprise/state/resolving-conflicts.html.md b/website/source/docs/enterprise/state/resolving-conflicts.html.md index 0de4069d6..e31a7fafa 100755 --- a/website/source/docs/enterprise/state/resolving-conflicts.html.md +++ b/website/source/docs/enterprise/state/resolving-conflicts.html.md @@ -35,36 +35,22 @@ operation. ### Using Terraform Locally -Another way to resolve remote state conflicts is to merge and conflicted copies -locally by inspecting the raw state available in the path -`.terraform/terraform.tfstate`. +Another way to resolve remote state conflicts is by manual intervention of the +state file. -When making state changes, it's important to make backup copies in order to -avoid losing any data. +Use the [`state pull`](/docs/commands/state/pull.html) subcommand to pull the +remote state into a local state file. -Any state that is pushed with a serial that is lower than the known serial when -the MD5 of the state does not match will be rejected. - -The serial is embedded in the state file: - -```json -{ - "version": 1, - "serial": 555, - "remote": { - "type": "atlas", - "config": { - "name": "my-username/production" - } - } -} +```shell +$ terraform state pull > example.tfstate ``` Once a conflict has been resolved locally by editing the state file, the serial -can be incremented past the current version and pushed: +can be incremented past the current version and pushed with the +[`state push`](/docs/commands/state/push.html) subcommand: ```shell -$ terraform remote push +$ terraform state push example.tfstate ``` This will upload the manually resolved state and set it as the head version.