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sparse-intern-71089

10/25/2022, 8:45 PM

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little-cartoon-10569

10/25/2022, 8:49 PM

The options are to write the code yourself and add the

import

opt, or have Pulumi write the code for you using

pulumi import

. You never need to figure out parents, since that's just a cosmetic thing (unless you're inheriting opts / providers). Import IDs are calculated for you if you use

pulumi import

little-cartoon-10569

10/25/2022, 8:51 PM

There's no way to specify an import id on the command line. It wouldn't be easy to get working in a project with hundreds of resources...

fierce-ability-58936

10/25/2022, 8:53 PM

The import opt will work! However, it's not always possible to modify the code, like in my case 🙂 Maybe I'm doing something unusual - I manage Route53 records with Pulumi, and the zone config is expressed in an YAML file (a file per zone actually), which is then read and interpreted by Pulumi. This way, I can write zone files in the most convenient and easiest way.

fierce-ability-58936

10/25/2022, 9:12 PM

Does it sound like a good idea to be able to do something like: 1. User runs

pulumi up

and looks at the resources that are going to be created 2. The user knows the resources are already there and wants to just import them 3. They interactively mark them as "import only" 4. Or if they know in advance they want to import all, they can provide a regex for urns (to allow partial match) or several regexes via a flag. ?

fierce-ability-58936

10/25/2022, 9:23 PM

Oh, this world is so small, you're from Wellington too! 🙂

little-cartoon-10569

10/25/2022, 9:41 PM

Napier now, actually 🙂

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little-cartoon-10569

10/25/2022, 9:43 PM

I don't know of a way to import resources using static code. You need to edit the code to get importing working. I suppose if you were really confident, you could export the stack, update it, and import it again.. but I'm not recommending that...

fierce-ability-58936

10/25/2022, 9:50 PM

I've actually used https://www.pulumi.com/docs/guides/adopting/import/#bulk-import-operations before, but it's not the most user-friendly. aws route53 list-resource-record-sets | some jq magic && pulumi import -f file.json But it's not the most user-friendly way. I wouldn't export/import the stack json, it's a rabbit hole 🙂

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