Hey I m confused about how to get existing resources for the

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Hey I m confused about how to get existing resources for the awsx namespace if I want to create a targetgroup for and alb for example I d get the alb with `aws alb getLoadBalancer ` but then `new awsx lb ApplicationTargetGroup` requires an `awsx lb ApplicationLoadBalancer` How do I get the existing one Do I need to do a new`awsx lb ApplicationLoadBalancer` with the existing name feels strange

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

I think don t <http awsx lb|awsx lb> has an equivalent to Vpc s fromExistingIds You probably want to stick with the aws package s classes for this case

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

In general if you re comfortable with the way Pulumi works there isn t a great reason to use the awsx packages In my experience it s pretty easy to create equivalent ComponentResources with additional domain specific logic that suit your environment better and you can expose the exact properties you need for logging inter op etc

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

They re great places to start but you sacrifice just enough configurability to make it awkward to use once you get into interesting use cases

millions-furniture-75402 · Answer

seconding the pain you get yourself into using awsx over aws package more than not