I m wanting to generate a docker container style name like s

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I m wanting to generate a docker container style name like sad panda or amazing aardvark use that to name a resource and store it in state I ve used ` pulumi random` to generate things and store them in state However I don t see any sort of generic construct to do this Does this need to be a custom provider

little-cartoon-10569 · Answer

For which resources Most resources have a `name` parameter that does what you want

few-carpenter-12885 · Answer

My experience in the past is that if I were to pull in some other name generator it would attempt to generate a random value for the `name` and attempt a rename of the resource

few-carpenter-12885 · Answer

Essentially I m looking for something to run the name generation the first time then just retrieve from state all subsequent calls similar to the pulumi random

few-carpenter-12885 · Answer

Hopefully I m not thinking about this incorrectly

billowy-army-68599 · Answer

< few carpenter 12885> this is what `RandomPet` does

few-carpenter-12885 · Answer

Ah I did see that package makes sense What is the preferred way to duplicate then modify this functionality Create a class that `extends pulumi CustomResource`

echoing-dinner-19531 · Answer

Are you trying to set the resource name via this That s not really supported right now the name is what tells us what to look up in state you can t build the name based on something in state because until you have the name you can t look up anything in state