# Trying to force SST to use existing bootstrap stack with custom name

**URL:** <https://discourse.sst.dev/t/trying-to-force-sst-to-use-existing-bootstrap-stack-with-custom-name/2880>\
**Category:** Chapter Comments\
**Created:** [October 9, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/trying-to-force-sst-to-use-existing-bootstrap-stack-with-custom-name/2880 "2023-10-09T00:18:33Z")\
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**Author:** ![anandprakash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/958977/32.png) [@anandprakash](https://discourse.sst.dev/u/anandprakash)\
**Post date:** [October 9, 2023, 12:18am UTC](https://discourse.sst.dev/t/trying-to-force-sst-to-use-existing-bootstrap-stack-with-custom-name/2880/1 "2023-10-09T00:18:33Z")

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When I try to set the configuration to use existing stack and followed the following docs:

> **[What is SST](https://sst.dev/docs)**
>
> Build full-stack apps on your own infrastructure.

```auto
* **`bootstrap`**
  * **`stackName`** The name to use for the SST bootstrap stack
  * **`useCdkBucket`** Use the S3 bucket created by the CDK bootstrap process instead of creating a new one

```

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```auto
export default {
  config(_input) {
    return {
      name: "myapp",
      region: "ap-southeast-2",
      bootstrap: {
        stackName: "xxx-xxx-cdk-bootstrap-stack",
         useCdkBucket: true,
       }
    };
  },
  stacks(app) {
    app.stack(API);
  },
} satisfies SSTConfig;

```

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## However it forces the stack creation again:

```auto
sst deploy --verbose
2023-10-08T23:56:20.191Z +100ms [debug] Config loaded {"version":"2.26.11","cdkVersion":"2.95.1","constructsVersion":"10.2.69","config":{"name":"myapp","region":"ap-southeast-2","bootstrap":{"stackName":"xxx-xxx-cdk-bootstrap-stack","useCdkBucket":true},"stage":"prakxx5","ssmPrefix":"/sst/myapp/prakxx5/"},"metafile":{"inputs":{"sst.config.ts":{"bytes":314,"imports":[{"path":"sst","kind":"import-statement","external":true},{"path":"./stacks/MyStack","kind":"import-statement","external":true}],"format":"esm"}},"outputs":{".sst.config.1696809380098.mjs":{"imports":[],"exports":["default"],"entryPoint":"sst.config.ts","inputs":{"sst.config.ts":{"bytesInOutput":230}},"bytes":412}}},"paths":{"config":"/Users/prakxx5/genai/sst.config.ts","root":"/Users/prakxx5/genai","out":"/Users/prakxx5/genai/.sst","artifacts":"/Users/prakxx5/genai/.sst/artifacts"}}
2023-10-08T23:56:20.787Z +596ms [debug] Using AWS profile undefined
2023-10-08T23:56:20.807Z +20ms [debug] Created AWS client STSClient
2023-10-08T23:56:20.808Z +1ms [debug] Fetching app metadata
2023-10-08T23:56:20.808Z +0ms [debug] Initializing bootstrap context
2023-10-08T23:56:20.808Z +0ms [debug] Created AWS client CloudFormationClient
2023-10-08T23:56:20.920Z +112ms [debug] Using identity Account: 123121284423 User: AROAWEDGI3FD363WS52YI:AWSCLI-Session
2023-10-08T23:56:20.956Z +36ms [debug] Loaded bootstrap status
⠇ Deploying bootstrap stack, this only needs to happen once2023-10-08T23:56:21.626Z +670ms [debug] ⏳ Bootstrapping environment aws://123121284423/ap-southeast-2...

```

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Please help