Is it possible to have multiple components based on the same component? Let’s say I wanted multiple vpcs defined in the same stack? I don’t want to create a unique root module direct for each vpc that duplicates the code.

I think this should be pretty straightforward once the

vendir

PR is completed. This should allow you to copy the upstream component into multiple locations locally, with different configs.

@Brian Ojeda check out https://docs.cloudposse.com/reference/stacks/#component-inheritance

That’s perfect!

Oh slick. So in that example, vendir would download to

s3-bucket

?

Vendir is earlier on in the lifecycle in this case. Component inheritence comes into play when you have a single component folder and you want to utilize that component multiple times in a particular stack.

Right - I think that is what I was envisioning. My prior suggestion was that you would use vendir to download to two locations,

components/terraform/public-images

and

components/terraform/export-data

in this case. But this is better!

Yeah this is one of the more advanced bits that’s a nicely hidden unless you find this documentation.

oh that's rad! I didn't see that someone opened that PR.

Hi @Erik Osterman (Cloud Posse), yeah, that was someone on my team, We're waiting for a review on one more point and also someone to sign off on the contributor agreement. But I've been using it locally.

ohhhhhhhh rad! thanks Joe 😃

yep I saw the PR, thanks @Joe Hosteny