aws-cdk: Exporting/importing HostedZoneIds across CDK apps

[girotomas]

Describe the feature

Hello,

We have one CDK app that deploys a Hosted Zone and another CDK app that uses that Hosted Zone. Both are deployed in the same account.

Until now we've been using: HostedZone.fromLookup()

The issue with HostedZone.fromLookup() is that it "hardcodes" the hosted zone id in cdk.context.json. This is not good for region build automation and we want to move away from having to create a code change every time we add a new region and it's hosted zones.

HostedZone.fromAttributes requires the HostedZoneId which is the same problem.

Can we export the Hosted ZoneId in one cdk app and import it from another?

Thanks

More Details on what is currently supported in the CDK

As you can see here: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/v2/docs/aws-cdk-lib.aws_route53.HostedZone.html#static-fromwbrhostedwbrzonewbrattributesscope-id-attrs

There are currently 3 ways to import a hosted zone from another cdk app. Each one of them has issues:

• fromHostedZoneAttributes -> Requires HostedZone Id to be available at build time
• fromHostedZoneId -> Requires HostedZone Id to be available at build time
• fromLookup -> Requires that we specify the HostedZone Id in cdk.context.json

Other Information

See also

• Exporting/importing across CDK apps #1095
• Guidelines implementation: Imports #2273

Acknowledgements

• I may be able to implement this feature request
• This feature might incur a breaking change

CDK version used

v2

Environment details (OS name and version, etc.)

typescript amazon-linux

[girotomas]

Update: I believe we can use a stack output in another cdk app. And use it in another app. with Fn.importValue
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/intrinsic-function-reference-importvalue.html
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cdk/api/v2/docs/aws-cdk-lib.Fn.html#static-importwbrvaluesharedvaluetoimport
https://docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSCloudFormation/latest/UserGuide/outputs-section-structure.html

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