# Moving resources between remote states Sometimes it's useful to be able to move resources between remote states without a need to recreate infrastructure. One use case is moving resources between directories. `terraform state mv` command does not directly support remote states, but `-state` and `-state-out` parameters can be used against local states. This means remote states need to fetched first. This can be done with for example `aws s3 cp` or `terraform state pull > local.tfstate`. After both states are local, `state mv` command can be used in the following manner: `terraform state mv -state=src.tfstate -state-out=dst.tfstate module.foo module.foo` After this modified local state files need to pushed to remote storage, for example with: `terraform state push /path/to/local/state` ## References: *