API Gateway REST API - How to generate a deploymentID for a Stage

[m3talstorm]

I am using the apigateway-controller to create a REST API.

When creating a Stage, it requires a deploymentID to be provided ( https://aws-controllers-k8s.github.io/community/reference/apigateway/v1alpha1/stage/#spec ), where does this come from/how is this created?

I see a Deployment type in the apigatewayv2 controller, but there isn't one for the apigateway controller. Do we have to 'manually' create a deployment (by calling the deploy API) from the console or CLI after the API has been created but before the Stage is created? 🤔😅