[chef] Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: knife ec2 create invalid AMI error when us-west-2, but not us-east-1

has anyone else on the list successfully created a node with knife ec2
in us-west-2? i'm wondering if it's just me, if i need to crack open
the the code to figure out how to further debug this.

running the below-mentioned knife ec2 command with -VV only gives me:

DEBUG: Using configuration from /home/kallen/.chef/knife.rb
ERROR: You have not provided a valid image (AMI) value.  Please note the short
option for this value recently changed from '-i' to '-I'.


kallen

On Fri, 11 Jan 2013, 

 
 wrote:

> and yes, these AMIs do launch successfully when i use AWS's 
> ec2-run-instances.
> 
> On Fri, 11 Jan 2013, 
> 
 
>  wrote:
> 
> > 
> > thanks for the responses so far. but i still need help:
> > 
> > the us-west-2 issue is fixed in both fog 1.6.0 and 1.8.0:
> > 
> > [zahadum fog-1.8.0]$ cd ../fog-1.6.0/
> > [zahadum fog-1.6.0]$ grep us-west-2 changelog.txt 
> >   us-west-2 default ami. thanks Edward Muller
> >   add us-west-2 region. thanks geemus
> > 
> > 
> > each specific AMI ID i try in east and west is an AMI i built specifically
> > in that region. so there's no need to move any AMIs. "knife ec2 server
> > create" works for me when launching in east, but not west.
> > 
> > any other ideas?
> > 
> > 
> > On Fri, 11 Jan 2013, Leo Dirac (SR) wrote:
> > 
> > > AMIs only exist in one datacenter.  If you're using somebody else's 
> > > you'll
> > > need to find a different AMI id for each datacenter.  If you've made 
> > > your
> > > own you'll need to figure out how to move them.  I think AWS has tools 
> > > for
> > > it but can't recall for sure.
> > > 
> > > On Thu, Jan 10, 2013 at 11:17 PM, Chirag Jog 
> > > <
 >
> > >  wrote:
> > > 
> > > > I see there are two versions of fog installed. Probably the knife-ec2
> > > > plugin uses the old plugin. One thing to try is to remove the 1.6.0 
> > > > fog
> > > > library and try again.
> > > >
> > > > Alternately you would need to use this patch:
> > > > http://lists.opscode.com/sympa/arc/chef/2012-02/msg00129.html
> > > >
> > > > Regards*,*
> > > > *Chirag Jog*
> > > > Chief Technology Officer,
> > > > *Clogeny Technologies* | http://clogeny.com
> > > > (M) 0091-9766619440 | Skype: chirag.jog
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 5:46 AM, 
> > > > <
 >
> > > >  wrote:
> > > >
> > > >>
> > > >> hiya,
> > > >>
> > > >> when i try to use knife ec2 to create a node in ec2 us-west-2, i get 
> > > >> an
> > > >> error saying i "have not provided a valid image (AMI) value." but, i 
> > > >> in
> > > >> fact did supply a valid ID with the correct syntax. however, i run 
> > > >> the
> > > >> same kind of command for us-east-1, and it works.
> > > >>
> > > >> for us-west-2:
> > > >>
> > > >> [zahadum ~]$ knife ec2 server create -N host01.gruentea.com -E 
> > > >> prod_foo
> > > >> -S prod-foo-keypair -Z us-west-2b -f m1.large -I ami-50046666 -g 
> > > >> sg-xyz
> > > >> --user-data /path/chef-repo/nodes/node-host01.gruentea.com.json 
> > > >> --distro
> > > >> ubuntu-launch
> > > >>
> > > >> ERROR: You have not provided a valid image (AMI) value.  Please note 
> > > >> the
> > > >> short option for this value recently changed from '-i' to '-I'.
> > > >>
> > > >> for us-east-1:
> > > >>
> > > >> [zahadum ~]$ knife ec2 server create -N host02.gruentea.com -E 
> > > >> dev_foo
> > > >> -S dev-foo-keypair -Z us-east-1c -f m1.large -I ami-13027777 -g 
> > > >> sg-d7a87777
> > > >> --user-data /path/chef-repo/nodes/node-host02.gruentea.com.json 
> > > >> --distro
> > > >> ubuntu-launch
> > > >> Instance ID: i-41049e30
> > > >> Flavor: m1.large
> > > >> Image: ami-13027777
> > > >> Region: us-east-1
> > > >> Availability Zone: us-east-1c
> > > >> [snip]
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> i recall a while ago there use to be an issue where fog lacked any
> > > >> knowledge of us-west-2, but that has since been fixed afaik:
> > > >>
> > > >> [zahadum fog-1.8.0]$ grep us-west-2 changelog.txt
> > > >>   us-west-2 default ami. thanks Edward Muller
> > > >>   add us-west-2 region. thanks geemus
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> can anyone help me figure out what's going on? how to debug this 
> > > >> further?
> > > >>
> > > >> thanks so much in advance,
> > > >> kallen
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> my deets:
> > > >>
> > > >> $ which ruby
> > > >> /home/kallen/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p290/bin/ruby
> > > >>
> > > >> $ gem list | egrep 'chef|knife|fog'
> > > >> chef (10.16.2)
> > > >> fog (1.8.0, 1.6.0)
> > > >> knife-ec2 (0.6.2)
> > > >>
> > > >> $ grep AWS ~/.chef/knife.rb
> > > >> knife[:aws_access_key_id] = "#{ENV['AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID']}"
> > > >> knife[:aws_secret_access_key] = "#{ENV['AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY']}"
> > > >>
> > > >> $ env | egrep 'AWS_(SECRET|ACCESS)'
> > > >> AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=kjkSUPER
> > > >> AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=AKIthanksforasking
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >