Lab Information
To test resilience and recreation behavior in Terraform, the DevOps team needs to demonstrate the use of the -replace option to forcefully recreate an EC2 instance without changing its configuration. Please complete the following tasks:
Use the Terraform CLI -replace option to destroy and recreate the EC2 instance nautilus-ec2, even though the configuration remains unchanged.
Ensure that the instance is recreated successfully.
Lab Solutions
Step 1: Verify the EC2 resource exists in state
Run:
terraform state list
terraform output
⚠️ Important:
The resource address must be exactly:
aws_instance.nautilus-ec2
🔄 Step 2: Force recreation using -replace (KEY STEP)
Run this command:
terraform apply -replace="aws_instance.web_server"
type - yes
🔍 What Terraform Will Show
Terraform will clearly indicate destroy → create, even though nothing changed:
This confirms:
Old instance will be destroyed
New instance will be created
⏳ Step 3: Wait for Completion
Terraform will:
Destroy the existing EC2
Recreate the EC2 with the same configuration
Update the state file
You should see:
Apply complete! Resources: 1 added, 0 changed, 1 destroyed.
Top comments (0)