How do I convert an output to an input. I need to create an A-Record using the IP address of my postgresql LoadBalancer. I can acquire the LB-IP but Pulumi complains that 'Output<string>' is not assignable to type 'Input<Input<string>[]>'. The LB-IP values comes from postgresqlChart.getResource("v1/Service", "postgresql").status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip

`const apiUrl = floatingIp.ipAddress.apply((ip) => `<https://$%7Bip%7D/%60|https://${ip}/`>);`

I was hopeful but it didn't work. Maybe I've misplaced my modifiers? Here's what I tried.

const frontendIp = frontend.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].apply((ip) => `${ip}`)

That line is accepted but the result is still an Output<string>. When I go to use it I still get

'Output<string>' is not assignable to type 'Input<Input<string>[]>'

Outputs are generally assignable to Inputs. The issue here is that you need an array of Input<string>. You should be able to do

[frontendIp]

when you use it

It looks like you're just trying to pass in a string where it expects a list of strings? I've found output->input "just works" but here your types are not matching up. As Mark said, [frontendIp] should work.

Where are you trying to use it?

Progress. Yes, changing to [frontendIp] changed the error from Output-Input to "The provided ip address 'undefined' is not valid." Unfortunately I can't see the value in console logs because Pulumi identifies the ip value as [secret].

You cannot convert an Output to a string ever; code like

.apply ((<anyname>) => anyname;

and `frontend.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].apply((ip) =>

${ip}

)` doesn't change anything. Can you paste your current code (maybe using the text snippet tool?

My overall goal is to use the IP address from my Helm deployed Postgresql service to create an A-Record in my *.myParent.com DNS record. Post deploy, I can see the IP in the Kubernetes Service as (yaml) status:   loadBalancer:       ingress:           - ip: 1.2.3.4 My source code (that isn't working) is below. The goal is setting up the last line:

records: [frontendIp]

const postgresqlChart = new k8s.helm.v3.Chart(
 'postgresql',
 {
  chart: 'postgresql',
  version: '10.5.0',
  namespace: namespace.metadata.name,
  fetchOpts: { repo: '<https://charts.bitnami.com/bitnami/>' },
  values: {
   postgresqlPostgresPassword: rootPassword,
   postgresqlDatabase: key,
   postgresqlUsername: key,
   postgresqlPassword: password,
   service: {
    type: 'LoadBalancer',
    annotations: {
     '<http://external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/hostname|external-dns.alpha.kubernetes.io/hostname>': desiredFQDN,
    },
   },
   metrics: {
    enabled: true,
   },
  },
 },
 { provider: infra.provider },
)

// Export the IP
const frontend = postgresqlChart.getResource("v1/Service", "postgresql");
const frontendIp = frontend.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip

const aRecord = new azure.dns.ARecord( desiredHostname,
  name: desiredHostname,
  zoneName: dnsRootDomain,
  resourceGroupName: dnsRootResourceGroup,
  ttl: 30,
  records: [frontendIp],
})

I have verified that Pulumi can find the ip field. If I put a typo in the path, I get an error.

for me . apply worked when trying to use output IP of server and save it as API_URL in rancher.