<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Hello,</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">I am starcluster newbie.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Using Qiime software, version 1.8.0</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">AMI : ami-e788a08e</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Installed starcluster on AWS instance, with Amazon linux </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">via easy_install </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">v. 0.95.5<br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Created and edited config file, please find attached.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">The AWS user is IAM and I am using correct key and access code. </font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">$ starcluster start firstcluster</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">!!! ERROR - No valid sections defined in config file /home/ec2-user/.starcluster/config</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><font face="comic sans ms, sans-serif">Basically I would like to use a AWS instance to create and operate the cluster with.</font></div><div class="gmail_default" style><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style>Also is it advisable to use the same key I use for logging to other instances, for launching this cluster ?</div><div class="gmail_default" style><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style>Appreciate your time.</div><div class="gmail_default" style><br></div>-- <br>Thanking you,<br>-- <br>Prakhar Gaur<br><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif">Senior Research Fellow</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif">Indian Agricultural Research Institute,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:'comic sans ms',sans-serif">New Delhi, IN.</div><br>
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