Hello , I’m trying to create a secret using aws secretsmanager , and then retrieve it using the name i created it with , but it’s throwing an error saying that it cannot find the secret i just created ,

const awsSecret = new aws.secretsmanager.Secret("blah");
const createdSecret = aws.secretsmanager.getSecret({name:"blah"})

I also noticed that pulumi adds a short UUID to the end on the secret that’s being created (eg: blah-3hg4557) , could that be the reason by any chance ? and the names no longer match ?

awsSecret

essentially is the secret you just created; the lookup shouldn’t be necessary. You should be able to reference the secret’s properties (

awsSecret.name

, etc.) as resource “outputs” throughout your program: https://www.pulumi.com/docs/intro/concepts/inputs-outputs/ The extra characters tacked onto the end are the result of “auto-naming”, a feature of Pulumi that’s discussed in more detail here: https://www.pulumi.com/docs/intro/concepts/resources/names/#autonaming

ah , yes , thank you ! I was thinking about this all wrong 🤦 !

Note that if you update your secret via other means, then Pulumi won't know about it until you run

pulumi refresh

.