{"record":{"id":"2562e494a9d3128c","repo":"kubernetes/kops","slug":"generating-private-key-v","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"generating private key: %v","messagePattern":"generating private key: (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/bootstrap_client.go","lineNumber":112,"sourceCode":"\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"error starting challenge listener: %w\", err)\n\t\t}\n\t\tdefer listener.Stop()\n\n\t\treq.Challenge = listener.CreateChallenge()\n\t}\n\n\tif b.keys == nil {\n\t\tb.keys = map[string]*pki.PrivateKey{}\n\t}\n\n\tfor name, certRequest := range b.Certs {\n\t\tkey, ok := b.keys[name]\n\t\tif !ok {\n\t\t\tvar err error\n\t\t\tkey, err = pki.GeneratePrivateKey()\n\t\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"generating private key: %v\", err)\n\t\t\t}\n\n\t\t\tcertRequest.Key.Resource = &asBytesResource{key}\n\t\t\tb.keys[name] = key\n\t\t}\n\n\t\tpkData, err := x509.MarshalPKIXPublicKey(key.Key.Public())\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"marshalling public key: %v\", err)\n\t\t}\n\t\t// TODO perhaps send a CSR instead to prove we own the private key?\n\t\treq.Certs[name] = string(pem.EncodeToMemory(&pem.Block{Type: \"RSA PUBLIC KEY\", Bytes: pkData}))\n\t}\n\n\tvar resp nodeup.BootstrapResponse\n\terr := b.Client.Query(ctx, &req, &resp)\n\tif err != nil {\n\t\treturn err","sourceCodeStart":94,"sourceCodeEnd":130,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/kubernetes/kops/blob/4c8573c808a73d578c5eadc86d410646ea0b0d73/upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/bootstrap_client.go#L94-L130","documentation":"Error \"generating private key: %v\" thrown in kubernetes/kops.","triggerScenarios":"Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/nodetasks/bootstrap_client.go:112 when the library encounters an invalid state.","commonSituations":"See trigger scenarios.","solutions":[],"exampleFix":null,"handlingStrategy":null,"validationCode":null,"typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":null,"preventionTips":[],"tags":[],"backgroundTag":null,"analyzedSha":"4c8573c808a73d578c5eadc86d410646ea0b0d73","analyzedAt":"2026-09-05T04:13:19.212Z","contentChangedAt":"2026-09-05T04:13:19.212Z","schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-12T12:17:11.808Z"}