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you can’t convert a `StringOutput` to a string

ohh ok, so looks like I’m trying to do something wrong…

you can only resolve it and then do something with it inside an Apply

I’m getting `roleArn` from user and it’s a string. So I’m doing something like:
```if role.RoleArn == "" { }```
to check if there is a RoleArn. If not I’m creating it and adding to one of the policy:
```	data := tmpArn{
		Version: "2012-10-17",
		Statement: []Statement{
			{
				Effect: "Allow",
				Principal: Principal{
					Aws: RoleArn,
				},
				Action: "sts:AssumeRole",
			},
		},
	}```

okay yeah, you need to build that inside an apply:

<https://github.com/lbrlabs/pulumi-aws-tailscale/blob/main/provider/pkg/provider/bastion.go#L79-L90>

<https://github.com/lbrlabs/pulumi-aws-tailscale/blob/main/provider/pkg/provider/bastion.go#L108-L134>

although this:
```if role.RoleArn == "" { }```
is wrong, generally

you shouldn’t need to check if something exists with Pulumi

btw - thanks for pointing me to those examples, I will need to refactor my code a bit to make it work

because Pulumi is declarative, if it doesn’t exist you should create it. if it does exist you should import it