[StarCluster] cluster settings are not valid

Fri Dec 2 18:38:48 EST 2011

Quang,

Looks like your key_location setting is not pointing to the proper RSA 
key file for your EC2 keypair. This is why you're getting "Invalid rsa 
key or passphrase" errors. I'm working on a validation check to make 
sure you've specified a matching key.

Make sure you downloaded the proper RSA key for the keypair and that 
key_location points to this file. If all else fails try creating a new 
key using starcluster's 'createkey' command[1] which will save the RSA 
key file to any location you like. Don't forget to add the new keypair 
to the config.

~Justin 

[1] 
http://web.mit.edu/stardev/cluster/docs/latest/quickstart.html?highlight=createkey

On Fri Dec  2 17:46:14 2011, Quang Trinh wrote:
>  Yes, that helped!  THanks.  But I am getting this error message now.
> Attached is the crash report.
>
> StarCluster - (http://web.mit.edu/starcluster) (v. 0.92.1)
> Software Tools for Academics and Researchers (STAR)
> Please submit bug reports to starcluster at mit.edu
>
>>>> Using default cluster template: smallcluster
>>>> Validating cluster template settings...
>>>> Cluster template settings are valid
>>>> Starting cluster...
>>>> Launching a 2-node cluster...
>>>> Creating security group @sc-smallcluster...
> Reservation:xxxxxxxx
>>>> Waiting for cluster to come up... (updating every 30s)
>>>> Waiting for instances to activate...
>>>> Waiting for all nodes to be in a 'running' state...
> 2/2 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%
>>>> Waiting for SSH to come up on all nodes...
> !!! ERROR - invalid rsa key or passphrase specified                    |   0%
> !!! ERROR - invalid rsa key or passphrase specified
> 2/2 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%
>>>> Waiting for cluster to come up took 3.061 mins
>>>> The master node is xxxxxxxx
>>>> Setting up the cluster...
>>>> Configuring hostnames...
> No handlers could be found for logger "paramiko.transport"             |   0%
> 2/2 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%
>>>> Shutting down threads...
> 20/20 |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| 100%
> error occured in job (id=master):
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/StarCluster-0.92.1-py2.7.egg/starcluster/threadpool.py",
> line 32, in run
>     job.run()
>   File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/StarCluster-0.92.1-py2.7.egg/starcluster/threadpool.py",
> line 59, in run
>     r = self.method(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
>   File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/StarCluster-0.92.1-py2.7.egg/starcluster/node.py",
> line 661, in set_hostname
>     hostname_file = self.ssh.remote_file("/etc/hostname", "w")
>   File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/StarCluster-0.92.1-py2.7.egg/starcluster/ssh.py",
> line 284, in remote_file
>     rfile = self.sftp.open(file, mode)
>   File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/StarCluster-0.92.1-py2.7.egg/starcluster/ssh.py",
> line 174, in sftp
>     self._sftp = paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(self.transport)
>   File "build/bdist.macosx-10.7-intel/egg/paramiko/sftp_client.py",
> line 102, in from_transport
>     chan = t.open_session()
>   File "build/bdist.macosx-10.7-intel/egg/paramiko/transport.py", line
> 658, in open_session
>     return self.open_channel('session')
>   File "build/bdist.macosx-10.7-intel/egg/paramiko/transport.py", line
> 746, in open_channel
>     raise e
> EOFError
>
> error occured in job (id=node001):
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/StarCluster-0.92.1-py2.7.egg/starcluster/threadpool.py",
> line 32, in run
>     job.run()
>   File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/StarCluster-0.92.1-py2.7.egg/starcluster/threadpool.py",
> line 59, in run
>     r = self.method(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
>   File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/StarCluster-0.92.1-py2.7.egg/starcluster/node.py",
> line 661, in set_hostname
>     hostname_file = self.ssh.remote_file("/etc/hostname", "w")
>   File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/StarCluster-0.92.1-py2.7.egg/starcluster/ssh.py",
> line 284, in remote_file
>     rfile = self.sftp.open(file, mode)
>   File "/Library/Python/2.7/site-packages/StarCluster-0.92.1-py2.7.egg/starcluster/ssh.py",
> line 174, in sftp
>     self._sftp = paramiko.SFTPClient.from_transport(self.transport)
>   File "build/bdist.macosx-10.7-intel/egg/paramiko/sftp_client.py",
> line 102, in from_transport
>     chan = t.open_session()
>   File "build/bdist.macosx-10.7-intel/egg/paramiko/transport.py", line
> 658, in open_session
>     return self.open_channel('session')
>   File "build/bdist.macosx-10.7-intel/egg/paramiko/transport.py", line
> 746, in open_channel
>     raise e
> EOFError
>
>
> !!! ERROR - Oops! Looks like you've found a bug in StarCluster
> !!! ERROR - Crash report written to:
> /Users/qtrinh/.starcluster/logs/crash-report-6804.txt
> !!! ERROR - Please remove any sensitive data from the crash report
> !!! ERROR - and submit it to starcluster at mit.edu
>
>
>
> On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Justin Riley <jtriley at mit.edu> wrote:
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>> Hi Quang,
>>
>> Your [key] section name must match the name of a keypair you've
>> created on EC2. You can see your current keys on EC2 using the
>> listkeypairs command:
>>
>> $ starcluster listkeypairs
>>
>> For example, if the output of listkeypairs shows a key called
>> 'mykeypair' then a StarCluster [key] section for that keypair should
>> look like:
>>
>> [key mykeypair]
>> key_location = /path/to/key.rsa
>>
>> Hope that helps,
>>
>> ~Justin
>>
>> On 12/01/2011 08:15 PM, Quang Trinh wrote:
>>> Hi, After installing starcluster successfully, I now get this error
>>> when attempted to start my small cluster:
>>>
>>> StarCluster - (http://web.mit.edu/starcluster) (v. 0.92.1) Software
>>> Tools for Academics and Researchers (STAR) Please submit bug
>>> reports to starcluster at mit.edu
>>>
>>>>>> Using default cluster template: smallcluster Validating
>>>>>> cluster template settings...
>>> !!! ERROR - Cluster settings are not valid: !!! ERROR - Account
>>> does not contain a key with keyname = qt_id_rsa.
>>>
>>> My key_location path is correct.  Can someone please tell me how
>>> to resolve this?
>>>
>>> thanks.
>>>
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