AWS CDK. How to pass `id` of first stack to second stack

Issue

I've a project with multiple stacks, but with common stacks.ts file.

• My 1 stack creates a VPC
• My 2 stack creates a ECS

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Stack vpc.tf

export class stack-vpc extends Stack {
   constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props?: props) {
       super(scope, id, props);
       new ec2.Vpc(this, 'dev-vpc', {
           cidr: "10.0.0.0/16",
           vpcName: "dev-vpc"
       })
   }
}

Stack ecs.tf

export interface Istack-ecs extends StackProps {
   vpc: ec2.Vpc;
}


export class stack-ecs extends Construct {
   constructor(scope: Construct, id: string, props: Istack-ecs) {
       super(scope, id);
       new ecs.Cluster(this, "fargate", {
           vpc: props.vpc,
           clusterName: "test",
           enableFargateCapacityProviders: true
       });
   }
}

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Here is the stacks.ts file

const app = new cdk.App();
const vpc = new stack-vpc(app, "Dev_VPC_CF", props);
const ecs = new stack-ecs(app, "Dev_ECS_CF", props);

The vpc is creating without any problem, however once I'm putting an ecs to my stack the cdk gives me the error:

[Error at /stack-ecs] Could not find any VPCs matching {"account":"__--__","region":"eu-central-1",
"filter":{"tag:Name":"stack-vpc","isDefault":"false"},
"returnAsymmetricSubnets":true,
"lookupRoleArn":"arn:aws:iam::__--__:role/cdk-hnb659fds-lookup-role-__--__-eu-central-1"}

cdk.context.json is retrieving correct values from my aws credentials, so I can't blame the authentification, so my problem I need to somehow wait until one stack will give me an output so I can use it in my other stacks

Solution

As @fedonev said

The fromLookup methods are for referencing existing deployed resources.

So instead you can do something like this:

1. Your vpc should export ec2.Vpc
2. Construct won't work in your case, you need to extend from cdk.Stack
3. Since your ecs interface Istack-ecs already expecting a vpc

const app = new cdk.App();
const your_vpc = new stack-vpc(app, "Dev_VPC_CF", props);
const your_ecs = new stack-ecs(app, "Dev_ECS_CF", {
    vpc: your_vpc.vpc // As your props expects one single value
});
your_ecs.addDependency(your_vpc); // Guarantees That your `vpc` will be created firstly
app.synth();

Answered By - Bow Bow