Is there a way to have pulumi manage this resource name for

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Is there a way to have pulumi manage this resource name for me and the name I want in the console be what the tag says

melodic-tomato-39005 · Answer

Not sure I understand the question correctly You can specify your own name without the auto generated suffix <https www pulumi com docs intro concepts resources names autonaming>

purple-train-14007 · Answer

well the name has to be unique

purple-train-14007 · Answer

``` this RTassnA = new aws ec2 RouteTableAssociation this vpc id + assnA subnetId this subnet1 id toString routeTableId this privatertA id parent this ```

purple-train-14007 · Answer

I thought I could append the vpcId to it but Im overriding the values in the name tag

purple-train-14007 · Answer

nvm generated my own UUID for the resource to stop name collision

purple-train-14007 · Answer

ok nvm dont add a uuid to your resource name or itll delete your entire stack like resources you arent even changing

melodic-tomato-39005 · Answer

Wait what There must be something else going on

purple-train-14007 · Answer

yeah it killed my whole network

purple-train-14007 · Answer

replaced my network and made me have to get our network team to reconnect the tgw to it

purple-train-14007 · Answer

here is the stack output from the pipeline

purple-train-14007 · Answer

Untitled ts

purple-train-14007 · Answer

its cool though it was just our lab I have the pipeline require manual intervention for our prod environments so I was able to stop it

purple-train-14007 · Answer

but yeah it replaced everything after just adding a uuid to a route table name and association

stocky-restaurant-98004 · Answer

< purple train 14007> You might find this example code a useful reference for both the infra you re building and the naming stuff you re hitting

stocky-restaurant-98004 · Answer

This is an example of how I get unique names within components <https github com pulumi workshops blob main aws advanced networking hub py L29 L30>

purple-train-14007 · Answer

Thanks Josh