I am using context to pass values to CDK
. Is there currently a way to define project context file per deployment environment (dev
, test
) so that when the number of values that I have to pass grow, they will be easier to manage compared to passing the values in the command-line:
cdk synth --context bucketName1=my-dev-bucket1 --context bucketName2=my-dev-bucket2 MyStack
It would be possible to use one cdk.json
context file and only pass the environment as the context value in the command-line, and depending on it's value select the correct values:
{
...
"context": {
"devBucketName1": "my-dev-bucket1",
"devBucketName2": "my-dev-bucket2",
"testBucketName1": "my-test-bucket1",
"testBucketName2": "my-test-bucket2",
}
}
But preferably, I would like to split it into separate files, f.e. cdk.dev.json
and cdk.test.json
which would contain their corresponding values, and use the correct one depending on the environment.
According to the documentation, CDK will look for context in one of several places. However, there's no mention of defining multiple/additional files.
The best solution I've been able to come up with is to make use of JSON to separate context out per environment:
"context": {
"dev": {
"bucketName": "my-dev-bucket"
}
"prod": {
"bucketName": "my-prod-bucket"
}
}
This allows you to access the different values programmatically depending on which environment CDK is deploying to.
let myEnv = dev // This could be passed in as a property of the class instead and accessed via props.myEnv
const myBucket = new s3.Bucket(this, "MyBucket", {
bucketName: app.node.tryGetContext(myEnv).bucketName
})