So I've created a

const f = new vsphere.Folder(....)

and now I'm trying to use it with `vsphere.getVirtualMachine({ name:

${f.path}/vm-name

})` but I'm getting

error fetching virtual machine: vm 'Calling [toString] on an [Output<T>] is not supported.

Anyone know how to get the path as a string?

Usually, you would use

apply

with an

Output

(see https://www.pulumi.com/docs/intro/concepts/programming-model/) — but I want to better understand what you’re doing, too. I’m not really familiar with vSphere, but I thought

Folders

are an organizational concept for things, which might include VMs. In which case, if you are attempting to

get

a VM with a certain path, doesn’t that imply the

Folder

already exists? If the

Folder

already exists, you wouldn’t

new

it unless you’re also including

import

so that it’s managed the pulumi stack.

I just got started with Pulumi on Friday so I'm still learning how to use it really. But in this instance, if I deploy a new stack, I want it to create a folder or get it if already exists.

I think I’m confused how the template

${f.path}/${template-name}

already exists if you’ve just created the folder? If that template already exists, it implies you already know the name of the folder, in which case you shouldn’t need to rely on the output value?

I was hoping to figure out a way to create the template in my pulumi code.

Yeah, if you know the value, you should just use it there. Typically, you’d want to use the

Output

values when it’s something returned from the API/computed by the provider