How do I get the CDK generated by "dotnet aws deploy"?

Question

I've created a blazorwasm project using the following commands:

```
dotnet tool install -g aws.deploy.tools
mkdir temp
cd temp
dotnet new blazorwasm
dotnet aws deploy
```

When I run the final command I can see that it's using CDK to deploy the application but it appears to write this to a temporary directory. Is there a way to save the CDK so I can modify it and extend the project later?

Answer

You can use `dotnet aws deployment-project generate` to persist the CDK project from one of the built-in recipes:
```
dotnet aws deployment-project generate --output ../CustomDeploymentProject --project-display-name "Custom deployment project"
```

You can then modify the persisted CDK project, perhaps to add new resources and options, or to streamline the built-in recipe. You may want to check it into source control alongside your application code.

Then to deploy an application using the custom CDK project, you can use the `--deployment-project` switch on `dotnet aws deploy`:
```
dotnet aws deploy --deploy-project ../CustomDeploymentProject
```
Or, if the custom deployment project is located anywhere beneath the solution (.sln) of the project you are deploying, the deployment tool will detect it automatically.

Some more resources:
* https://aws.github.io/aws-dotnet-deploy/docs/commands/project/
* https://aws.github.io/aws-dotnet-deploy/docs/commands/deploy/
* Full tutorial: https://aws.github.io/aws-dotnet-deploy/docs/deployment-projects/

How do I get the CDK generated by "dotnet aws deploy"?

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