Hello Quick Question can I use Custom Resource to control st

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Hello Quick Question can I use Custom Resource to control state of a resource that I manage in a custom way I am working with Atlas MongoDB provider and I d like to be able to create a database as a part of stack In order to do it I need to use Mongo driver At the same time I d like to be able to keep the state of the created databases in Pulumi as for me a database is part of infra When I try to use a CustomResource class I need to provide a type If I just make up the type I get exception like `error unrecognized resource type Check ` I guess I am doing something incorrectly

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

As I understand it a CustomResource is used for resources created by normal providers I think what you want is a dynamic provider which will you can use to create dynamic Resources which aren t any more dynamic than normal resources they re just created by dynamic providers slightly smiling face There s more detail here <https www pulumi com docs intro concepts resources dynamicproviders>

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

You can also create a full on non dynamic provider if you want to support these sorts of resources in multiple languages But dynamic providers are easier

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

The important idea to start with is that you don t put code that interacts with an external provider like mongo into a resource class It always goes into a provider class