Hello folks Need to understand about the state of the stack

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Hello folks Need to understand about the state of the stack if i delete one or more resource from the existing stack and when i run Pulumi up again it doesn t identify the deleted resources and create them again Is that really possible if it identifies the state of the stack and create the deleted resources again

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

If you delete them from the stack then the resources still exist but Pulumi will try to create them again This may cause a conflict depending on how you ve named things

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

If you delete them from the provider and not from the stack then you need to refresh the stack from the provider before Pulumi detects the change Once you ve done that Pulumi will recreate the resource

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

If you delete something from both the stack and the provider then Pulumi will recreate it

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

I have inferred from your question that you may be conflating the stack and the provider The stack is Pulumi s idea of what exists which may be different from what actually exists

alert-raincoat-81485 · Answer

That make sense to me So i always have to refresh the stack in order to pulumi know about the deleted resources than only pulumi re creates one

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

Yes You can use `pulumi up refresh` as a shortcut

alert-raincoat-81485 · Answer

Because what i did here is i removed the resource manually from AWS UI and ran the pulumi up again where pulumi doesn t know which resources were deleted

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

It is generally better to fully manage things through Pulumi if possible Don t delete things through the provider directly

alert-raincoat-81485 · Answer

Right i got it I ran refresh on stack and it worked So ultimate thing is we always have to run the refresh to run the pulumi if resources are deleted or terminated manually

alert-raincoat-81485 · Answer

Right i agree with you But i am thinking of an scenario where other folks delete accidentally and if i want to maintain a state but agreeing your statement on refreshing stack is works

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

Yes It s not always possible to fully manage through Pulumi Just a goal slightly smiling face

alert-raincoat-81485 · Answer

That make sense agree to your words

alert-raincoat-81485 · Answer

I appreciate your help and sharing knowledge