I m using Pulumi with AWS and pulumi usually adds a suffix t

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I m using Pulumi with AWS and pulumi usually adds a suffix to resources it deploys but in the case of `aws batch ComputeEnvironment` I have to specify `computeEnvironmentName` and that exact name is used to deploy the resource If I make any changes to the CE I have to go in and change the name to avoid a conflict Is there a way to get the suffix that Pulumi normally adds to resources so I don t have to change the name every time I want to update an AWS Batch Compute Environment

gentle-diamond-70147 · Answer

You can use the Random package to get a stable random string that you could use as a suffix <https www pulumi com docs reference pkg nodejs pulumi random RandomString>

eager-cartoon-54068 · Answer

thanks I ll try this out in the morning

eager-cartoon-54068 · Answer

Whenever I declare ```const id = new random RandomId id byteLength 8 ``` I always get ``` error Duplicate resource URN urn pulumi dev folding foundation random index randomId RandomId id try giving it a unique name```

eager-cartoon-54068 · Answer

if I rename it and try to deploy I get the same error I haven t tried using the generated id in any of the resources yet

eager-cartoon-54068 · Answer

it doesn t seem to matter what the name is and I m only making this one call to the `random` package

eager-cartoon-54068 · Answer

for instance ``` const idasdf = new random RandomId id asdf byteLength 8 error Duplicate resource URN urn pulumi dev folding foundation random index randomId RandomId id asdf try giving it a unique name```

eager-cartoon-54068 · Answer

I figured it out I forgot that I m using multiple providers so the id was being used multiple times

eager-cartoon-54068 · Answer

doh I hadn t noticed `computeEnvironmentNamePrefix` It s unfortunate that you can t set the length of the id to generate but this does what I need

gentle-diamond-70147 · Answer

You can set the length of `RandomString` but `computeEnvironmentNamePrefix` is likely easier in the long run

eager-cartoon-54068 · Answer

yep Agreed