[StarCluster] help starting up cluster

[Justin Riley]

Hi Archie,

Are you using quotes in your AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID/AWS_SECRET_ACCCESS_KEY?
Also please be sure to double check you're not missing any characters
at the end or leaving any characters out. You can copy your access key
and secret access key directly from this page:

http://aws-portal.amazon.com/gp/aws/developer/account/index.html?action=access-key

You will need to click the "Show" link next to your "Acess Key ID" in
order to access your secret access key.

They should look something like the example keys shown here:

http://s3.amazonaws.com/mturk/tools/pages/aws-access-identifiers/access_key_data.png

When you paste them into your config file the result should look
something like (no quotes!):

[aws info]
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID = 2S44JYKSZZ3D44ETWF02
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY = kl1GhCR9L9m0pw5bYR0+GyC1jsy5Fd0g/B\xjM/A

Hope that helps,

~Justin

On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Archie Russell <archier at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I get this error when I startup
> % starcluster -d start myfirstcluster
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> config.py:281 - DEBUG - Loading config
> config.py:99 - DEBUG - Loading file: /users/archie/.starcluster/config
>>>> Using default cluster template: smallcluster
> awsutils.py:46 - DEBUG - creating self._conn w/ connection_authenticator
> kwargs = {'path': '/', 'region': None, 'port': None, 'is_secure': True}
>>>> Validating cluster template settings...
> awsutils.py:46 - DEBUG - creating self._conn w/ connection_authenticator
> kwargs = {'path': '/', 'region': None, 'port': None, 'is_secure': True}
> cluster.py:766 - ERROR - Invalid AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID/AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY
> combination.
> cli.py:243 - ERROR - settings for cluster template "smallcluster" are not
> valid
> AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID & AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY are in my config file and they
> appear to be OK.
>
> I *can* start using ec2-run-instances on the commandline,  e.g.
> ec2-run-instances -K /mumble/privatekey.pem -C /mumble/certificate.pem
> ami-4bf71e22 -z us-east-1d -k mumble-keypair -t c1.xlarge -n 1 2>&1
> Has anyone seen this before?
>
>
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