[StarCluster] cluster settings are not valid

Fri Dec 2 19:10:26 EST 2011

  Thanks!  I am sure I had my key_location set correctly!  :-)

  Anyways, creating a new key pair works ..  My small cluster is up
and running!  Thanks again.

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 6:38 PM, Justin Riley <jtriley at mit.edu> wrote:
> 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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