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Not there, no. But you could use that syntax for the "Name" tag and it would work. Can you use a static string for the Pulumi arn? Maybe just "main"?

If I use a static string like `main` then I get an error stating that the URN is duplicate

``` error: Duplicate resource URN 'urn:pulumi:main::acddevops-eks::aws:ec2/vpc:Vpc::main'; try giving it a unique name```

You may need to maintain a map of provider names to providers, if you want a VPC for each one. Would the difference be the region? Maintain a map of regions to providers, and use the key to build the ARN.

I’m trying to define a function that defines a set of resources that I want deployed to multiple AWS accounts identically. So the only difference is which provider gets used per each account

I thought about maintaining a map of name=&gt;provider. Was hoping there was a more elegant solution :disappointed:

Ah. Often that sort of thing is done with one Pulumi stack per provider, is that the pattern you've chosen? You could use the stack name...

I’m hoping to achieve 1 stack to deploy to multiple accounts to keep the PR process simpler

If you want a bit more elegance, you could wrap Provider in your own class that maintains the discriminator?

I’m used to terraform. So things are just different

You have a Real Language at your disposal :slightly_smiling_face:

Didn’t think about the fact I can define my own classes

It does seem odd, though, that pulumi doesn’t take into account the provider id when generating the URN of a resource (this is something terraform does)

Too many use cases supported by Pulumi :disappointed: In my case, I wouldn't like that to happen. I use different stacks per provider in one project, and the same stack with multiple providers in another. I want to be able to choose my own ARN pattern. And I can!

When you say you can choose your own ARN pattern, you mean by setting the ‘name’ property on each resource?

Yes. That's pretty much all that first "name" parameter is for.

It doesn't go to AWS. The "Name" tag is what goes to AWS.