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Is it not possible to import it to the new resource, in order to avoid delete/recreate?

If it's not, then the easiest solution is to comment out the "new" place it goes, run `up` to delete it, then put the new code back in and `up` again.

Thanks! How would I go about importing it to the new resource? Manually edit the state file somehow?

Sometimes that's necessary, but usually you can add `import: &lt;importid&gt;` to the `opts` of the new place. What the value of the importid is, is usually the trick.

Amazing! Thank you so much :slightly_smiling_face:

If your provider is based on one of the Terraform providers (e.g. AWS), then the Terraform docs describe the import ids at the bottom of the corresponding doc page on <https://terraform.io>

Don't forget to remove the `import` opt after you've imported it.

Great, thanks a ton, yep I'm working on EKS so that should do the trick. I'll keep in mind to remove the import

<@U012UJTT55M> there’s a good upgrade to import and it’s docs coming soon ;)

<@U01AJ2G95T9> in case you need it in the future, we have the provider options `deleteBeforeReplace` <https://www.pulumi.com/docs/intro/concepts/programming-model/#deletebeforereplace> which will do what you originally asked for