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refined-photographer-38383

04/12/2023, 6:16 PM
Greetings, I've created a project yaml that contains a template for configuration defaults. However when I run 
pulumi stack init
it doesn't use the defaults. I would have hoped that it would ask me about each config in the template and hitting enter uses the default. How does one configure a new stack interactively?
Seems like this template section of the Pulumi.yaml is just for pulumi new, but creates a new project as well.
There's a --generate-only option, but it skips the stack not the project 😞
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little-cartoon-10569

04/12/2023, 8:55 PM
Do you have a link to the docs on the "template for configuration defaults"? Do you mean the 
config:
section of Pulumi.yaml?
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refined-photographer-38383

04/12/2023, 8:56 PM
name: base
runtime: nodejs
description: The infrastructure base, includes DB, Service Account, and certificate configuration.
template:
  description: Environment stack for utilize the base infra project.
  config:
    gcp:project:
      description: The GCP Project for this stack.
      default: prime-dev-374422
    region:
      description: The GCP region for which to deploy, this get's inherited by stacks further down the tree.
      default: us-east4
      secret: false
oh, the docs, sec
https://www.pulumi.com/docs/reference/project-file/
l

little-cartoon-10569

04/12/2023, 8:58 PM
Yea that doc does imply that 
new
is the only way to go, and 
new
isn't really for stacks. Confusing. I think the docs need more examples.
Still, you should be able to get 
pulumi new
to create a stack in the current project. Have you used the 
--stack
option?
r

refined-photographer-38383

04/12/2023, 9:07 PM
Pulumi new always clobbers the existing directory. And --stack just specifies the name for the stack instead of being prompted.
I ended up just creating a dummy stack that has some default config set then using 
pulumi stack init --copy-config-from
Not the most elegant solution, but it works.
l

little-cartoon-10569

04/12/2023, 9:09 PM
Good that it works. You should raise an issue about the 
template:
project option. It sounds like it needs better docs (like not saying it works with 
pulumi new
), and it needs to work with 
stack init
.
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