[StarCluster] authentication error

Tue Jul 26 18:39:06 EDT 2011

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Jonathan,

Looks like it's working fine in boto. Next up, try launching the
development shell and see if the config parser is receiving the values
correctly:

$ starcluster shell
In [1]: cfg.aws
(press enter)

This will print out a dictionary showing the config values for [aws
info]. Make sure the "aws_access_key_id" and "aws_secret_access_key"
looks correct. They should look identical to your boto test in the
previous email.

Also, while still in the development shell, try this:

$ starcluster shell
In [2]: ec2.list_all_instances()

Let me know if the list_all_instances() command completes without error.

~Justin

On 07/26/2011 04:58 PM, Jonathan Taylor wrote:
> Hi Justin,
> 
> Here is the output I get:
> 
> ----------------
> 
> $ python --version Python 2.6.6 $ python -c "import boto; print
> boto.Version" 2.0b4 $
> 
> --------------
> 
> 
> $ ipython Python 2.6.6 (r266:84292, Sep 15 2010, 15:52:39) Type
> "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> 
> IPython 0.10 -- An enhanced Interactive Python. ?         ->
> Introduction and overview of IPython's features. %quickref -> Quick
> reference. help      -> Python's own help system. object?   ->
> Details about 'object'. ?object also works, ?? prints more.
> 
> In [1]: from boto.ec2.connection import EC2Connection
> 
> In [2]: conn = EC2Connection("***********","******************")
> 
> In [3]: print conn.get_all_instances() []
> 
> In [4]:
> 
> --------------
> 
> On Tue, Jul 26, 2011 at 7:49 AM, Justin Riley <jtriley at mit.edu 
> <mailto:jtriley at mit.edu>> wrote:
> 
> Hi Jonathan,
> 
> Could you please send me the output of:
> 
> $ python --version $ python -c 'import boto; print boto.Version'
> 
> Also, as a sanity test you can try the following with boto directly:
> 
> [~]> from boto.ec2.connection import EC2Connection [~]> conn =
> EC2Connection('<aws access key>', '<aws secret key>') [~]>
> conn.get_all_instances()
> 
> Obviously you'll need to replace the <aws access key> and <aws
> secret key> with your keys. If this works for you without error then
> there's definitely a bug in StarCluster. If not, then I would suspect
> an issue between boto and your currently installed python version.
> 
> ~Justin
> 
> On 07/20/2011 06:21 PM, Jonathan Taylor wrote:
>> Hi Justin,
> 
>> I did not manage to get it working. I wonder if there's a way to 
>> "debug" this, or to ensure that the values I have copied off AWS
>> are indeed correct. It has been a while since I started any
>> machines on EC2, maybe I should just double check that that works
>> first.
> 
>> Jonathan
> 
>> On Wed, Jul 20, 2011 at 9:54 AM, Justin Riley <jtriley at mit.edu
> <mailto:jtriley at mit.edu>
>> <mailto:jtriley at mit.edu <mailto:jtriley at mit.edu>>> wrote:
> 
>> Hi Jonathan,
> 
>> Were you able to get things working? If not make sure you don't
>> have quotes around the values for aws_access_key_id and 
>> aws_secret_access_key. Also, aws_secret_access_key is the longer
>> of the two keys so make sure you don't have them flipped.
> 
>> ~Justin
> 
> 
>> On Jul 15, 2011, at 5:39 PM, Rayson Ho wrote:
> 
>>> Are you able to run any ec2 command line tools (like
>> ec2-describe-images)??
>>> 
>>> A lot of times it's the private key file readable by group or 
>>> others.
>>> 
>>> Rayson
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --- On Fri, 7/15/11, Jonathan Taylor
> <jonathan.taylor at stanford.edu <mailto:jonathan.taylor at stanford.edu>
>> <mailto:jonathan.taylor at stanford.edu
> <mailto:jonathan.taylor at stanford.edu>>> wrote:
>>> From: Jonathan Taylor <jonathan.taylor at stanford.edu
> <mailto:jonathan.taylor at stanford.edu>
>> <mailto:jonathan.taylor at stanford.edu
> <mailto:jonathan.taylor at stanford.edu>>>
>>> Subject: [StarCluster] authentication error To: "starcluster" 
>>> <starcluster at MIT.EDU <mailto:starcluster at MIT.EDU>
> <mailto:starcluster at MIT.EDU <mailto:starcluster at MIT.EDU>>> Date:
> Friday,
>>> July 15, 2011, 3:04 PM
>>> 
>>> I've copied the AWS info into the config file from my amazon AWS 
>>> credential page  but it seems I am still unable to
>> authenticate my AWS account with starcluster.
>>> 
>>> jtaylo at gkf-ubuntu:~$ 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
>>> <mailto:starcluster at mit.edu>
>> <mailto:starcluster at mit.edu <mailto:starcluster at mit.edu>>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> !!! ERROR - AuthFailure: AWS was not able to validate the
>>> provided
>> access credentials
>>> 
>>> Any suggestions to find out which part of my AWS info is causing
>> problems?
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Jonathan
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> 
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