Changing a resource s provider forces it to get re created e

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Changing a resource s provider forces it to get re created even if the provider is also another say AWS provider thinking face

gorgeous-minister-41131 · Answer

I guess if the region or something important changes but it s a blanket replacement hm

gorgeous-minister-41131 · Answer

Is there a way to programaticallyg et access to the default provider e g the one that configures `aws profile` `aws region` etc

gorgeous-minister-41131 · Answer

```By default each provider uses its package s global configuration settings which are controlled by your stack s configuration You can set information such as your cloud provider credentials with environment variables and configuration files If you store this data in standard locations Pulumi knows how to retrieve them ```

gorgeous-minister-41131 · Answer

cool but where do I find this information programatically smile

gorgeous-minister-41131 · Answer

it seems like `pulumi aws Provider region` for example just wants to returna future on an instance of the class which make sense but Pulumi must be storing its instance of the default provider resource in a resource bag somewhere else It says it belongs to the resource by default and since everything is based off of CustomResource is that what it s ultimately falling back to

faint-table-42725 · Answer

Most of the providers include a `config` module where the provider configuration for the default provider lives e g `aws config region`