Create a New Project
Now that you have set up your environment by installing Pulumi, installing your preferred language runtime, and configuring your Azure credentials, let’s create your first Pulumi program.
$ mkdir quickstart && cd quickstart
$ pulumi new azure-typescript
$ mkdir quickstart && cd quickstart
$ pulumi new azure-python
$ mkdir quickstart && cd quickstart
$ pulumi new azure-csharp
# from within your $GOPATH
$ mkdir quickstart && cd quickstart
$ pulumi new azure-go
$ mkdir quickstart && cd quickstart
$ pulumi new azure-java
$ mkdir quickstart && cd quickstart
$ pulumi new azure-yaml
The pulumi new
command creates a new Pulumi project with some basic scaffolding based on the cloud and language specified.
If this is your first time running pulumi new
or most other pulumi
commands, you will be prompted to log in to the
Pulumi service. The Pulumi CLI works in tandem with the Pulumi
service in order to deliver a reliable experience. It is free for individual use, with
features available for teams. Hitting ENTER
at the prompt opens up a web browser allowing you to
either sign in or sign up.
After logging in, the CLI will proceed with walking you through creating a new project.
First, you will be asked for a project name and description. Hit ENTER
to accept the default values or specify new values.
Next, you will be asked for the name of a stack. Hit ENTER
to accept the default value of dev
.
For Azure projects, you will be prompted for the Azure location. You can accept the default value of WestUS
or choose another location.
To list all available locations, use the az account list-locations
command.
$ az account list-locations --output table
You can then change the region for your stack by using the pulumi config set
command as shown below:
pulumi config set azure-native:location eastus
What are projects and stacks? Pulumi projects and stacks let you organize Pulumi code. Consider a Pulumi project to be analogous to a GitHub repo—a single place for code—and a stack to be an instance of that code with a separate configuration. For instance, Project Foo may have multiple stacks for different development environments (Dev, Test, or Prod), or perhaps for different cloud configurations (geographic region for example). See Organizing Projects and Stacks for some best practices on organizing your Pulumi projects and stacks.
Next, we’ll review the generated project files.