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<@UP8AAS41E> Why not simply running `pulumi up` in `src/` working-directory?

because the `Pulumi.yaml` file is not in that directory

my dir structure is as follows:

```src/
  index.ts
config/
  Pulumi.dev.yaml
  Pulumi.prod.yaml
Pulumi.yaml
package.json
package-lock.json```

Aha. Do you have set `"main": "src/index"` in the `package.json` ? No `tsconfig.json`?

i don’t have `main` set in package.json, and I do have a `tsconfig.json`  file but chose to omit it from the above for simplicity

pulumi itself functions fine, i can create resources fine, this appears to be a problem with the function serialisation functionality requiring a package.json to be in the same dir as the template code

Ah, I see. So, then I can’t help you on this. Sorry.
Best you check in the code in `pulumi-aws`.

You can specify the entrypoint in your `Pulumi.yaml` in a similar manner to package.json:

```main: src/```

i’ve already got that in my `Pulumi.yaml` file, the problem isn’t that pulumi cant find the index.ts, its that when it goes to create the `myFunc` resource, it needs to serialise the code in `callback`. I assume part of that process involves reading a `package.json` file to figure out what dependencies to package with it.

since there’s no `package.json` file in `src` (since there are no dependencies) it seems to fail.

Gotcha. I was thinking setting that in `Pulumi.yaml` would help.

Can you open an isssue at <https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-aws> with code to reproduce it?

<https://github.com/pulumi/pulumi-aws/issues/933>

<@UP8AAS41E> I replied to the issue with a modification for what I think you’re trying to accomplish

that seems to work, but it now means any paths i use in the template are now relative to the top-level dir. not a huge issue though