Generating a Random Index in Infrastructure Code

This example demonstrates how to generate a random string index using the random provider’s random_string resource. This can be useful for creating unique identifiers in your infrastructure setup, such as unique bucket names, user IDs, or tokens.

What will be done

1. Initialize the random provider.
2. Create a random string resource.
3. Output the generated random string as the stack export.

import * as pulumi from "@pulumi/pulumi";
import * as random from "@pulumi/random";

const randomIndex = new random.RandomString("random_index", {
    length: 16,
    special: false,
    upper: true,
    lower: true,
    number: true,
});
export const randomStringOutput = randomIndex.result;

Key Points:

• The random provider generates random values.
• The random_string resource defines the properties of the random string to be generated.
• Output is defined to access the generated random string result.

Summary

We set up a random string resource to create a unique identifier, and then we output this value using stack exports. This can be useful for maintaining unique resource names or creating random values as needed within your infrastructure.