Hey everyone! I'm considering multi-cloud tools f...
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able-toothbrush-92865
05/18/2021, 2:53 PMHey everyone! I'm considering multi-cloud tools for an Electron app I'm developing which needs to facilitate users setting up cloud VM's through a GUI. I was considering Terraform but I don't want to have to bundle another binary in my app. It looks like Pulumi acts as a library, will it work for what I'm trying to do?
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brave-planet-10645
05/18/2021, 2:57 PMYou'll still need to have the Pulumi CLI on your machine
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able-toothbrush-92865
05/18/2021, 2:58 PMAhh that's what I was worried about. I really need a library that can act as a sort of multi cloud client
able-toothbrush-92865
05/18/2021, 2:58 PMwithout needing a CLI since I'm distributing this to end users with variable levels of technical skill
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billowy-army-68599
05/18/2021, 3:02 PM
Isn’t it possible to include the binary inside your election app?
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able-toothbrush-92865
05/18/2021, 3:05 PMIt is, but I was really hoping to avoid it. There are some barriers atm but I'm hoping to keep the possibility of transitioning to a web app in the future
able-toothbrush-92865
05/18/2021, 3:06 PMSo then I'd have to write and maintain an API server front end to the Pulumi CLI if I understand correctly
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billowy-army-68599
05/18/2021, 3:07 PM
Pulumi has the automation API, weve already donemost of the hard work for you 😀 you just need to make sure the cli is present in your PATH
billowy-army-68599
05/18/2021, 3:08 PM
billowy-army-68599
05/18/2021, 3:08 PM
Here’s an example webapp
https://github.com/pulumi/automation-api-examples/tree/main/nodejs/pulumiOverHttp-ts
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able-toothbrush-92865
05/18/2021, 3:18 PMAm I reading correctly that with this setup I just need the Pulumi to build the app but don't need to bundle it with the binary? Or will I still need to bundle it
able-toothbrush-92865
05/18/2021, 3:18 PMable-toothbrush-92865
05/18/2021, 3:19 PMI'm also confused what
inlineable-toothbrush-92865
05/18/2021, 3:23 PMahh no so that example deploys an app with Pulumi, it doesn't deploy an app which uses Pulumi
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billowy-army-68599
05/18/2021, 3:42 PM
Can you explain a bit more what you’re trying to do? I’m 95% sure Pulumi supports your use case as we have lots of companies doing this
billowy-army-68599
05/18/2021, 3:43 PM
Here’s an example electron app
https://github.com/cnunciato/pulumitron
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able-toothbrush-92865
05/18/2021, 3:56 PMI work on an app which lets users set up proxy servers on cloud infrastructure to use as a personal VPN
able-toothbrush-92865
05/18/2021, 3:56 PMCurrently there are a lot of manual steps for most cloud providers, and we're exploring ways that we can automate the process for multiple providers and make it easy to expand our list of available providers
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billowy-army-68599
05/18/2021, 3:59 PM
we can absolutely help there I suspect, certainly at the infrastructure layer
billowy-army-68599
05/18/2021, 4:00 PM
if you'd like to chat about it, we can jump on a zoom call, might be easier to answer questions - feel free to DM me
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