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is it possible to alias a resource to another reso...

breezy-butcher-78604

03/16/2021, 6:09 AM

is it possible to alias a resource to another resource that used to be part of a

ComponentResource

? basically I have an S3 bucket inside a

ComponentResource

however I now want to refactor this template and move the bucket out of the component resource, but i don't want to replace the actual resource in AWS. is this possible? I basically removed the entire component resource from my code, copy-pasted just the bucket resource into the template. I've then set a few variations of

aliases

on the resource but each time i run

pulumi up

it's seeing them as two different resources. I feel like maybe i'm just not providing the right alias but just wanted to check if this was actually possible

little-cartoon-10569

03/16/2021, 6:14 AM

Sure. You can use

pulumi stack rename

pulumi stack rm

followed by an import.

little-cartoon-10569

03/16/2021, 6:15 AM

You're looking to rename it "up" a few levels. Have a look at its original URN (

pulumi stack export

) and URNs near where you want it to end up. The changes should be fairly straightforward.

little-cartoon-10569

03/16/2021, 6:15 AM

Not really a #typescript question.. kind of #general I think?

little-cartoon-10569

03/16/2021, 6:16 AM

(The advantage of the

rm

then import is that it's easy to add the alias at the same time.)

breezy-butcher-78604

03/16/2021, 6:17 AM

do you mean

pulumi state rm

? i dont want to rename or remove the stack, just rename some resources

little-cartoon-10569

03/16/2021, 6:17 AM

Yes 🙂 Sorry.

little-cartoon-10569

03/16/2021, 6:18 AM

(Bit late here..)

breezy-butcher-78604

03/16/2021, 6:18 AM

haha, all good

little-cartoon-10569

03/16/2021, 6:19 AM

So it would be

pulumi state delete

breezy-butcher-78604

03/16/2021, 6:19 AM

i want to try and avoid having to delete/reimport but if I can't figure out the alias stuff i guess I can fall back to that

little-cartoon-10569

03/16/2021, 6:19 AM

I can't find the command for renaming a resource.. maybe it has to be delete / import.. I thought there was a rename... 😕

little-cartoon-10569

03/16/2021, 6:20 AM

The problem with the alias in this situation is that the dependency isn't broken.. you need that if you want to move it out of the component resource.

little-cartoon-10569

03/16/2021, 6:21 AM

You can have an alias to the old name, but I don't think you can "just" alias it, you have to rename (= delete/import) it too.

cool-fireman-90027

03/16/2021, 12:46 PM

This blog post on alias could help you.

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breezy-butcher-78604

03/16/2021, 1:05 PM

i ended up aliasing using the entire URN (rather than parent or type) and that worked exactly how I needed it to. thanks for the help both

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