Within a

componentResource

, is it possible to

ignoreChanges

on one of the children? I want to ignore changes on the task definition for an

awsx.ecs.FargateService

I have a feeling I will need to use transformations for this.

Yes, either transformations or make your own

ComponentResource

from the source code. This happens all the time in AWSX code, I use both options depending on amount of code duplicated, convenience factor, re-usability, etc.

Its a slight pain, ended up having to recreate

awsx.ec2.Vpc

just to add routes for VPC Peering

You don't have to recreate it. You can use one of the get or find methods to load a reference object.