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orange-kite-80991
11/28/2021, 9:09 PMWhat's the correct syntactic sugar for accessing Config variables that are not prefixed with <stackname>? I have the following config file contents:
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config:
mystackname:SCHEMA:
secure: qqqqq
mystackname:SCHEMA_CONFIG: https://
azure-native:location: westus2
azure-native:subscriptionId: aaaaaa
azure-native:tenantId: bbbbbb
fluid:password:
secure: ccccccc
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const config = new pulumi.Config()
const schema = config.require( 'SCHEMA' )
// the following don't work
const location = config.require( 'location' )
const location = config.require( 'azure-native:location' )
const location = config.require( 'azure-native.location' )l
little-cartoon-10569
11/28/2021, 9:11 PMYou create a config instance per prefix.
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const location = new pulumi.Config('azure-native").require("location");o
orange-kite-80991
11/28/2021, 9:28 PMthx!
orange-kite-80991
11/28/2021, 9:28 PMA sample like that could be added to the Pulumi Config wiki page.
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little-cartoon-10569
11/28/2021, 9:57 PMYes, it's only in there as a few sentences, and in a specific context that does not seem to apply (but actually does):
If you are writing code that will be imported into a broader project, such as your own library of components, you should pass your library’s name to the constructor. This string is used as a namespace for all configuration keys. Similarly, if you want to access the config of another library, such as the config for a standard library like aws, you should also pass the library’s name to the constructor.
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orange-kite-80991
11/28/2021, 11:18 PMAh. It's a Typescript-ism. Unfortunately I'm a Python programmer coming into a Typescript+Pulumi project. Never sure which patterns might be standards from one or the other language.
orange-kite-80991
11/28/2021, 11:31 PMI know what namespacing looks like in Python but not so much in TS.
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little-cartoon-10569
11/28/2021, 11:33 PMThis isn't TS namespacing, it's specific to pulumi.Config's implementation.
little-cartoon-10569
11/28/2021, 11:35 PMWhich is why I say that this is a specific context (a library has a namespace). But in fact there's no need for it to be a library: if you want configuration for your firewall and for your ACLs in the same config file, you can add a call to
new pulumi.Config('acl')new pulumi.Config('firewall')little-cartoon-10569
11/28/2021, 11:35 PMThe docs are unnecessarily-specific.
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orange-kite-80991
11/28/2021, 11:43 PMThanks. And I recognize the challenge of maintaining language generic documentation while also trying to support language & context specific queries from newbies like me. Always appreciate your help.
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