kubernetes/kops · error

bindAddress is not valid IP address

Error message

bindAddress is not valid IP address

What it means

Error "bindAddress is not valid IP address" thrown in kubernetes/kops.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/command.go:591

			return "", fmt.Errorf("error reading local IP from AWS metadata: %v", err)
		}

		// The local-ipv4 gets it's IP from the AWS.
		// For now just choose the first one.
		ips := strings.Fields(string(vBytes))
		if len(ips) == 0 {
			klog.Warningf("Local IP from AWS metadata service was empty")
			return "", nil
		}

		ip := ips[0]
		klog.Infof("Using IP from AWS metadata service: %s", ip)

		return ip, nil
	}

	if net.ParseIP(bindAddress) == nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("bindAddress is not valid IP address")
	}
	return bindAddress, nil
}

// modprobe will exec `modprobe <module>`
func modprobe(module string) error {
	klog.Infof("Doing modprobe for module %v", module)
	out, err := exec.Command("/sbin/modprobe", module).CombinedOutput()
	outString := string(out)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("modprobe for module %q failed (%v): %s", module, err, outString)
	}
	if outString != "" {
		klog.Infof("Output from modprobe %s:\n%s", module, outString)
	}
	return nil
}

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/command.go:591 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

AI-assisted analysis of kubernetes/kops@4c8573c808 (2026-09-05). Data as JSON: /api/errors/ab2bb7833c2c85a4. Report an issue: GitHub.