Output handling or integration recommendations?

[matschaffer]

I'm using cdktf to stand up a few cloud assets (elastic cloud clusters) and I'd like to do work against them after the cdktf deploy completes.

So what I've done is to make a bunch of TerraformOutputs then I can run terraform output -json > outputs.json and read things like endpoints and passwords from there.

But this prompted a few questions:

1. Is there an easier way to integrate the applied stack with followup scripts? They'd all be in package.json scripts. I looked to see if there was some sort of afterSynthesize similar to TerraformAsset.onSynthesize but couldn't find anything.
2. If not, is there a way cdktf can send outputs to a file on its own?
3. Sensitive outputs seem to get displayed by cdktf unmasked. Is this expected? This isn't a big deal for my purposes, but maybe I should open this as a separate bug issue?

Thanks in advance for the recommendations!

[skorfmann]

Is there an easier way to integrate the applied stack with followup scripts? They'd all be in package.json scripts. I looked to see if there was some sort of afterSynthesize similar to TerraformAsset.onSynthesize but couldn't find anything.

No, there's not - but that's something on our radar - see #682 - Would this address your use-case?

If not, is there a way cdktf can send outputs to a file on its own?

No, but that would be a great option which would probably be part of this #227

Sensitive outputs seem to get displayed by cdktf unmasked. Is this expected? This isn't a big deal for my purposes, but maybe I should open this as a separate bug issue?

You mean when the outputs are rendered as part of deploy? That's a good point, and I think we should respect that. Would be great if you could create a bug.

A general question: Which language are you using for cdktf - Typescript or something else?

[matschaffer]

No, there's not - but that's something on our radar - see #682 - Would this address your use-case?

Nice. That looks like the ticket. I've commented there. Thanks!

No, but that would be a great option which would probably be part of this #227

Indeed. I commented there too with the workaround I have in place at the moment.

You mean when the outputs are rendered as part of deploy? That's a good point, and I think we should respect that. Would be great if you could create a bug.

Sweet. I'll do that today. Just want to get a small reproduction case first.

A general question: Which language are you using for cdktf - Typescript or something else?

Yep. Typescript. I'm using it to help drive performance analysis for elasticsearch and kibana. Since kibana dev is all typescript, I think this will be a nice way to get terraform more into that space.

[matschaffer]

Opened #809 to follow up on the unmasked outputs. Thanks for the info!

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