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sparse-spring-91820

11/05/2021, 3:46 PM
Hello, I have a problem using vpc created in other project. Inside project 
A
I created a VPC like this: 
const vpc = new awsx.ec2.Vpc('project-a-vpc', { numberOfAvailabilityZones: 2 });
module.exports = { vpcId: vpc.id };
and inside project 
B
I created Vpc resource pointing to existing Vpc like this: 
const stack = new pulumi.StackReference('myorg/stack-a/main');
const vpcId = mainStack.getOutput('vpcId');
const vpc = new awsx.ec2.Vpc('vpc', { vpcId });
But when I try to use the publicSubnetIds property it says it is an empty array, but inside stack A, it is not empty. 
const dbSubnetGroup = new aws.rds.SubnetGroup('db-subnet-group', {
  subnetIds: vpc.publicSubnetIds
});
Any clue how can I refer to an existing vpc and use all its properties as I would inside project A? Also, if I go with this solution of getting existing vpc: 
const vpc = aws.ec2.Vpc.get('vpc', vpcId);
i dont have 
publicSubnetIds
property at all.
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witty-candle-66007

11/05/2021, 4:05 PM
In project B you can use https://www.pulumi.com/registry/packages/aws/api-docs/ec2/getsubnets/ to get the subnets for the VPC using the 
vpc-id
in the filter.
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sparse-spring-91820

11/05/2021, 4:10 PM
I suppose I will also need a filter to get only public or private subnets, right?
Maybe something like:`{ name: 'type', value: ['public'] }` ?
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witty-candle-66007

11/05/2021, 4:16 PM
For the getSubnets function, you are limited to the filters supported by AWS: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/APIReference/API_DescribeSubnets.html
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The other option is to provide the subnet IDs as otuputs from stack A.
And skip the getSubnets() call
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sparse-spring-91820

11/05/2021, 4:18 PM
Yeah, I also did that, but it is not working: 
module.exports = {
  publicSubnetIds: pulumi.output(vpc.publicSubnetIds)
}
and inside project B i have: 
const publicSubnetIds = mainStack.getOutput('publicSubnetIds');
const dbSubnetGroup = new aws.rds.SubnetGroup('db-subnet-group', {
  subnetIds: publicSubnetIds
});
I don't know what I'm doing wrong
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witty-candle-66007

11/05/2021, 5:01 PM
I think the fundamental issue is that the 
publicSubnetIds
stack output is read in as an object and so needs to be processed a bit before being used in subnetgroup declaration. In stackB if you do something like 
module.exports = {
  publicSubnetIdsFromA: pulumi.output(mainStack.getOutput("publicSubnetIds"))
}
you’ll see the subnet IDs made it over to stack b. But to use them as in the subnetgroup declaration requires some type casting or something (that I haven’t figured out yet).
Actually, this works for me: 
const stackA = new pulumi.StackReference("MitchGerdisch/quick-test/dev")
const pulumiSubnetIdsFromA = pulumi.output(stackA.getOutput("pulumiSubnetIds"))
const dbSubnetGroup = new aws.rds.SubnetGroup('db-subnet-group', {
  subnetIds: pulumiSubnetIdsFromA
});
Actually, it works as well without the 
pulumi.output()
bit: 
const stackA = new pulumi.StackReference("MitchGerdisch/quick-test/dev")
const pulumiSubnetIdsFromA = stackA.getOutput("pulumiSubnetIds")
const dbSubnetGroup = new aws.rds.SubnetGroup('db-subnet-group', {
  subnetIds: pulumiSubnetIdsFromA
});
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sparse-spring-91820

11/05/2021, 6:40 PM
🎉 Yeah, it actually works now, I am so dumb, I specified incorrect stack name inside stackReference 🤦‍♂️ @witty-candle-66007 Thank you soo much for your help! 🙌
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witty-candle-66007

11/05/2021, 6:45 PM
🙂 Glad you got it working.
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