Hey everyone! Is there an easy way to simplify how...
# helpp
Patrick
02/14/2022, 10:32 PMHey everyone! Is there an easy way to simplify how resources are named when they’re deployed with SST?
For example I have a IAM User Group with the generated name:
dev-appname-MyStack-Admins8B360DEA-U132VR1JXSY0dev-appname-MyStack-Adminst
thdxr
02/14/2022, 10:39 PMCurious what you're looking to solve with cleaner names
thdxr
02/14/2022, 10:39 PMIs it to cleanup how things look in the AWS console?
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Patrick
02/14/2022, 10:49 PMCleanup how things look in the console, but also it’s just more practical for some things to have shorter names
Patrick
02/14/2022, 10:51 PMFor example, when programmatically creating users, the usernames are long strings similar to the one I shared for the User Group. It’s impractical to have such long usernames, especially when those usernames will be given to non-technical contributors that need console access to manage certain things like billing, logs, metrics, etc
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thdxr
02/14/2022, 10:57 PMYeah agreed it's a pain point and I hate how messy it is. Most constructs do accept a
namethdxr
02/14/2022, 10:57 PMprop to let you set it explicitly
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Patrick
02/14/2022, 11:00 PMPretty new to the CDK and didn’t realized this. Thanks for the help!
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Derek Kershner
02/14/2022, 11:03 PMSST also provides a
logicalName<http://sst.App|sst.App>Derek Kershner
02/14/2022, 11:03 PMp
Patrick
02/14/2022, 11:13 PMI tried using the
app.logicalPrefixedName Copy code
dev-appname-MyStack-Admins8B360DEA-U132VR1JXSY0 Copy code
dev-appname-MyStack-devappnameMyStack32VR1JXSY0Patrick
02/14/2022, 11:14 PMManually overwriting the names in the constructor props like @thdxr mentioned allowed me to get the names like I wanted
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Derek Kershner
02/15/2022, 3:45 AMif you overwrite with the logicalPrefixedName surrounding only the last part, then you can have accurate app and stack names without having to manually update
Derek Kershner
02/15/2022, 3:45 AMbasically, combine our advice for best of all worlds