Hi is there a best practice for running `npm build` inside p

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Hi is there a best practice for running `npm build` inside pulumi Here s the use case We need to build and deploy a frontend REACT application to S3 And we need to know which stack to deploy while building the application so we can set up the environment variables properly For example if we are deploying to `dev` we should run `ENV=dev npm build` Since we can easily get the stack name in pulumi it would be convenient if I can run `npm build` inside pulumi

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

I m not aware of a best practice If I was doing this I d probably consider wrapping the build and pulumi app in a sinlgle script rather than putting the build into the deploy I d be worried about sharing node modules accidentally using wrong versions of dependencies etc

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

I m sure it can be done though

sparse-spring-91820 · Answer

I am using pulumi only to deploy infrastructure s3 in this case and I use circleci for building the client and pushing it to the s3 bucket

sparse-spring-91820 · Answer

you can use aws circleci orb for that it s pretty easy

sparse-spring-91820 · Answer

``` run name Deploy to S3 command | aws s3 sync dist client s3 $ S3 SITE BUCKET NAME no progress delete```

miniature-king-36473 · Answer

Not sure if running it as part of the pulumi deploy would be a good idea but you should be able to do it using Dynamic Resource Providers There is an example that may be useful to adapt <https github com pulumi examples tree master aws ts ec2 provisioners> Likely to much more work that just doing it as a build step or wrapper script though

limited-rainbow-51650 · Answer

< wide jackal 86020> the default way when using Pulumi is that Pulumi invokes `node` to create the needed resources If you want to drive Pulumi from within your NodeJS code have a look a the Automation API In that setup the Pulumi engine will be started by your NodeJS code and you can programmatically set the environment stack config etc

wide-jackal-86020 · Answer

Thank you all gt wrapping the build and pulumi app in a sinlgle script This is what we are doing now The problem is that the API endpoints are generated in other pulumi projects they are not accessible when building the REACT application < little cartoon 10569> < miniature king 36473> gt use circleci for building the client and pushing it to the s3 bucket CI CD works But we don t have CI CD setup for every stack < sparse spring 91820> gt Pulumi invokes `node` to create the needed resources This is what I am thinking to give it a try Thank you for sharing the other way of driving Pulumi from within NodeJS code using the Automation API +1 < limited rainbow 51650>