Hi how do I create a new stack for an existing project When

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Hi how do I create a new stack for an existing project When I do `pulumi new` I get `Sorry projectname is not a valid project name A project with this name already exists ` and when I do `pulumi stack init` I get `error no Pulumi project found in the current working directory`

swift-oxygen-28374 · Answer

Pass stack argument Eg `pulumi preview stack qa`

gorgeous-elephant-23271 · Answer

sorry that doesn t quite make sense I m not trying to `up` or `destroy` a stack I m trying to create a new stack in a new folder

gorgeous-elephant-23271 · Answer

my structure is `project stacka` `project stackb` `project stackc`

gorgeous-elephant-23271 · Answer

unless I misunderstand slightly smiling face

gorgeous-elephant-23271 · Answer

like I want to run `pulumi new project project`

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

a project has multiple stacks you create a new project with a single pulumi yaml which then you can create different stacks in it by running pulumi stack init stackName which will create different stack config files for that single project If you want multiple projects with a single stack then you run pulumi new and must give it a unique name vs other projects you already have

gorgeous-elephant-23271 · Answer

so I should have the project yaml at the root and a stack per subfolder slightly smiling face

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

You don t need to create new files for a stack You have a single project with a single code base that runs for each stack If you want different resources for each stack then you will need to create logic to load the files that have the desired resources or build in conditions

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

so like this project Pulumi yaml project myCodeFiles

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

then you can create different stacks for that single project by running pulumi stack init stackName

swift-oxygen-28374 · Answer

gt so I should have the project yaml at the root and a stack per subfolder ah ok I misunderstood your question I m brand new to Pulumi

gorgeous-elephant-23271 · Answer

yeah something about my folder structure is throwing off the tooling

gorgeous-elephant-23271 · Answer

I m using micro stacks and for some reason I can no longer create new micro stacks

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

yea stacks are like workspaces environments

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

it has different configuration from another stack

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

but runs in the same project

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

so one code base with multiple stacks

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

which you can add logic to load in different code files or have conditions per stack

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

The programming model document might go over it better than I did smile <https www pulumi com docs intro concepts programming model >

gorgeous-elephant-23271 · Answer

sorry I m just not sure you re understanding my problem I understand the abstractions I m trying to use a monolithic model where I have a single project and multiple stacks one per concern and for some reason I m no longer able to create new stacks in my project

gorgeous-elephant-23271 · Answer

I appreciate you trying to help it can get a bit confusing when we re all new though slightly smiling face

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

So you are running pulumi stack init in the root of the project which holds the Pulumi yaml file

gorgeous-elephant-23271 · Answer

not at the moment right now I have a pulumi yaml in each stack folder Open to the idea I shouldn t though

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

Yea a Pulumi yaml file is created once per project

gorgeous-elephant-23271 · Answer

perhaps a previous version of the CLI allowed me to do this when it shouldn t have

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

so you would only want one of those

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

for the whole project

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

Then when you create a stack and add configuration to it it will create configuration files like Pulumi StackName yaml at the root next to the pulumi yaml file which maybe what you are thinking of

gorgeous-elephant-23271 · Answer

I want to create a different node project for each stack with different everything etc

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

Ah so in that case you just need multiple projects So running a pulumi new in each of the project directories you want and giving it a unique project name

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

so you want a 1 to 1 project and stack

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

and not using multiple stack per project

gorgeous-elephant-23271 · Answer

righto so when I ran `pulumi new` previously it looks like the tooling incorrectly allowed me to create new projects with the same name

gorgeous-elephant-23271 · Answer

it all still worked and grouped them correctly on the website but appears to be logically incorrect

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

Ah yea that might be the case I haven t actually tried to create a project with the same name

gorgeous-elephant-23271 · Answer

think this might make sense thanks for talking it through slightly smiling face

fast-dinner-32080 · Answer

Oh yea anytime smile