Hey folks, wondering does anyone know if it’s possible to specify an non-default AWS provider when using the CLI to import a list of resources via a JSON file? At the moment I’m seeing that when I import existing infrastructure into a new stack, a default AWS provider is created. Then when I run my Pulumi code to then manage the resources, it tries to re-create everything due to the provider URN changing. The solution I’ve found so far is to initialise the provider first, then write some automation that takes the provider URN and writes it to the

nameTable

in the import file. Wanted to check before I go any further this this, is there a solution that doesn’t involve pre-initialising the provider?

is there a solution that doesn’t involve pre-initialising the provider?

Not currently, something we've been thinking about but its tricky because import mostly assumes you can import given just an ID. But a provider doesn't really have an ID that you can look it up with.

Got it, so I should continue with what I’m doing? • Run

pulumi up

with just the provider • Get the provider URN from outputs • Place provider URN into

nameTable

• Run

pulumi import

yup that's the way for now

Thank you!