Built-in Helpers

Here are some of the built-in helpers available in the Lono DSL:

Method	Description
content	Returns the script from the app/content folder as a String. Meant for any general content.
default_subnets	Returns Array of default Subnet Ids. Useful for config params.
default_vpc	Returns default VPC id. Useful for config params.
extract_scripts	Generates a script that can be included in user_data scripts to extract app/script files. More info about the helper is in the App Scripts docs.
key_pairs	Returns Array of Key Pairs. You can pass it a pattern to filter for keypairs. IE: key_pairs(/default/).first. Useful for config params.
stack_output	Returns the Stack output. IE: stack_output("my-stack.OutputKey"). Useful for params files.
stack_resource	Returns the Stack resource physical id. IE: stack_resource("my-stack.LogicalId"). Useful for params files.
tags	Converts a standard Ruby hash to the CloudFormation key, value structure.
user_data	Returns the script from the app/user_data folder as a String. Meant for user_data scripts.
user_data_script	Path location of the script to be used along with the user_data_script helper.

The built-in helpers are defined in this this source code file: dsl/builder/helpers/core_helper.rb.

You can also create your own helpers with Custom Helpers.

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