Is there an easy way to move state from one project stack to

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Is there an easy way to move state from one project stack to another project stack

astonishing-cartoon-37000 · Answer

`pulumi stack export gt state json` select the stack you want to import to with `pulumi stack select` then `cat state json | pulumi stack import` this works if it is a totally empty stack

billions-scientist-31826 · Answer

you can just move parts of it I have one big project but I want to break out the create of AWS IAM resources into it s own project but leave the other stuff where it is

astonishing-cartoon-37000 · Answer

ah I feel ya hmm I don t know any super elegant ways you can edit the `state json` file to include what you want but it s quite tedious i m actually currently dealing with a similar challenge smile

astonishing-cartoon-37000 · Answer

<https www pulumi com docs reference cli pulumi state delete > this works for deleting by ARN but I can t find anything equivalent for importing

astonishing-cartoon-37000 · Answer

lmk if you figure something better out would be helpful

billions-scientist-31826 · Answer

ok that works

billions-scientist-31826 · Answer

I know you can add something like ` id lt arn gt ` in the same block that you would declare the parent and that brings it in I guess with that and the state delete solves that

billions-scientist-31826 · Answer

I saw it in a video trying to find it

billions-scientist-31826 · Answer

billions-scientist-31826 · Answer

that is a pain but works I was hoping for something like tf mv

astonishing-cartoon-37000 · Answer

yeah I ve been wanting that for a while too I m sure it s on devs radar