Hi I currently need to create a set of resources conditional

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Hi I currently need to create a set of resources conditionally based on some Outputs Using `if` doesn t work because an Output is not a boolean I ve found a solution where I can shove the creation of the resource inside an `apply ` but then I can t refer to that resource from outside the `apply ` Any ideas

billowy-army-68599 · Answer

we generally don t recommend this approach can you expand on why you re doing conditional resource creation inside `apply `

ambitious-father-68746 · Answer

Going into a bit more detail I need to create a DNS record but it might either be in Azure or in AWS depending on the result of a set of Outputs

ambitious-father-68746 · Answer

The `apply ` solution was more of a PoC I don t think it will work in the long term

ambitious-father-68746 · Answer

But I just don t see a way of doing these conditional checks without it

billowy-army-68599 · Answer

generally we recommend setting a config value for stuff like this

billowy-army-68599 · Answer

```if azure create ```

ambitious-father-68746 · Answer

Unfortunately it s dynamic so that s not an option

ambitious-father-68746 · Answer

The solution for this was group the resources inside a `def` this way they can reference each other The `apply ` calls the function with all the necessary arguments This works for my particular problem and actually makes it a bit more readable as well since everything inside the function is a string