[StarCluster] error when starting starcluster

[marcin joachimiak]

Hi Justin,

Thanks, it sounds like centOS is not the optimal linux distro for
Starcluster because of its Python 2.4 dependency. Unfortunately its
somewhat late for me to take a different tack ... so will try
recompiling Python 2.6 with SSL support.

best,
marcin

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 06:54, Justin Riley <jtriley at mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi Marcin,
> After some quick googling I found that this error is caused when Python's
> built-in socket module wasn't compiled with SSL support. Here's a link to
> someone else having the same error with boto on stackoverflow:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/877072/httpsconnection-module-missing-in-python-2-6-on-centos-5-2
> In short you basically need to recompile Python 2.6 with SSL support. Here's
> a link to a slightly older doc that does this for python 2.5 on CentOS 5.1:
> http://agiletesting.blogspot.com/2008/05/compiling-python-25-with-ssl-support.html
> Unfortunately this is not something StarCluster or boto can fix by way of
> code. Either the Python install has SSL support or not. However, boto could
> do a better job of checking for SSL support and raising an exception with a
> better error message instructing the user of the *real* problem (Python
> install not compiled with SSL support). I've filed a bug report about this
> on boto's issue tracker:
> https://github.com/boto/boto/issues/249
> If I get some time I might try to hack this in myself.
> Hope that helps,
> ~Justin
>
> On Jul 5, 2011, at 6:58 PM, marcin joachimiak wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I'm running into trouble when starting up the starcluster example. I
> am running a custom x86_64 centOS AMI with Python 2.6.
>
> Below is the command and output:
>
> [marcin]#starcluster start mycluster
> StarCluster - (http://web.mit.edu/starcluster) (v. 0.92rc2)
> Software Tools for Academics and Researchers (STAR)
> Please submit bug reports to starcluster at mit.edu
> Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/starcluster/cli.py", line 155, in main
> sc.execute(args)
> File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/starcluster/commands/start.py",
> line 143, in execute
> cluster_exists = self.cm.get_cluster_or_none(tag)
> File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/starcluster/cluster.py", line 80,
> in get_cluster_or_none
> return self.get_cluster(cluster_name)
>  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/starcluster/cluster.py", line 42,
> in get_cluster
>    group = self.ec2.get_security_group(clname)  File
> "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/starcluster/awsutils.py", line 1043, in
> get_security_group
>    groupname})[0]
>  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/boto/ec2/connection.py", line
> 1658, in get_all_security_groups    [('item', SecurityGroup)],
> verb='POST')
>  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/boto/connection.py", line 584, in
> get_list
>    response = self.make_request(action, params, path, verb)
>  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/boto/connection.py", line 571, in
> make_request
>    return self._send_http_request(http_request)
>  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/boto/connection.py", line 527, in
> _send_http_request
>    http_request.host, sender, override_num_retries)
>  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/boto/connection.py", line 432, in _mexe
>    connection = self.get_http_connection(host, self.is_secure)
>  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/boto/connection.py", line 329, in
> get_http_connection
>    return self.new_http_connection(host, is_secure)
>  File "build/bdist.linux-x86_64/egg/boto/connection.py", line 343, in
> new_http_connection
>    connection = httplib.HTTPSConnection(host)
> AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'HTTPSConnection'
>
> !!! ERROR - Oops! Looks like you've found a bug in StarCluster
> !!! ERROR - Debug file written to: /tmp/starcluster-debug-root.log
> !!! ERROR - Look for lines starting with PID: 31121
> !!! ERROR - Please submit this file, minus any private information,
> !!! ERROR - to starcluster at mit.edu
>
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
> thanks,
> marcin
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