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Problem scenario
You try to run an AWS CLI command. But you receive this error:
‘ File “/bin/aws-cli-1.16.226/bin/aws”, line 19, in
import awscli.clidriver
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named ‘awscli’
‘
Solution
Did you run sudo python3 setup.py install ? If you only ran the build step, this could happen.
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Problem scenario
You want to list the Security Group ID value in AWS.
Solution
Prerequisite
Install and configure the AWS CLI; if you need assistance, see this posting if you can you the pip command and you are using Ubuntu. If you cannot use the pip command or you are not using Ubuntu,
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One of the following problems pertains to you.
Problem scenario #1
You have a kubectl server. You created some new EKS clusters. How do you get the kubectl server to interface, control or manage the new EKS clusters.
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Problem scenario #2
You are running EKS. You run this command:
kubectl get cluster-info
But you receive this message: “The connection to the server localhost:8080 was refused – did you specify the right host or port?”
What should you do?
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Problem scenario
You want to know if your EC-2 servers are in a VPC or not. What do you do to determine if your EC-2 servers are in a VPC?
Possible Solution #1
To use the web console, see this external posting.
Possible Solution #2
This is a programmatic, character-based solution.
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Problem scenario
You want to list the subnet ID values in AWS. What do you do?
Solution
Prerequisite
Install and configure the AWS CLI; if you need assistance, see this posting if you can you the pip command and you are using Ubuntu. If you cannot use the pip command or you are not using Ubuntu,
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Problem scenario
You run a command like this:
aws s3api create-bucket –bucket coolnameforbucket
But you get this error:
“An error occurred (IllegalLocationConstraintException) when calling the CreateBucket operation: The unspecified location constraint is incompatible for the region specific endpoint this request was sent to.”
How do you create a bucket with the aws s3api command?
Possible Solution #1
Run a command such as this,
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Problem scenario
You created an EKS cluster. But when you open a web browser and go to the API endpoint, you get a 403 forbidden error.
The web browser shows something like this:
kind “Status”
apiVersion “v1”
metadata {}
status “Failure”
message “forbidden: User \”system:anonymous\” cannot get path \”/\””
reason “Forbidden”
details {}
code 403
How do you access the web UI in Kubernetes for the first time?
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Problem scenario
You run a kubectl command but you get this error:
“could not get token: AccessDenied: Access denied
status code: 403, request id:
Unable to connect to the server: getting credentials: exec: exit status 1″
What should you do?
Solution
The root cause is likely that your .kube directory has an incorrect configuration file.
Possible Solution #1
If you are not using Amazon EKS,
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Problem scenario
You run a “kops” command but you receive this error:
“unable to infer CloudProvider from Zones (is there a typo in –zones?)”
How do you get the “kops” command to work?
Solution
There is a value and a format that are necessary for your kops’ “–zones” flag.
Determine what region you want to know the zone name for (e.g.,
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Problem scenario
You are logged into the AWS web console. You try to perform an operation but you get this error:
“AccessDeniedException
User: arn:aws:iam::12345678910:user/jdoe is not authorized to perform: iam:PassRole on resource: arn:aws:iam::12345678910:role/rolename”
What should you do?
Solution
1. Create a role with “EKS” (to create Kubernetes clusters). If you don’t know how, see this posting.
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