kubernetes/kops · error

could not find Scaleway profile %q

Error message

could not find Scaleway profile %q

What it means

Validation guard in getScalewayProfile: SCW_PROFILE names a profile that does not exist in the loaded Scaleway config's Profiles map. The config file parsed fine, but it has no entry with that name — a typo or an outdated profile name.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/scaleway/scalewaymetadata/profile.go:39

	"os"

	"github.com/scaleway/scaleway-sdk-go/scw"
	k8serrors "k8s.io/apimachinery/pkg/util/errors"
	"k8s.io/kops/upup/pkg/fi"
)

func getScalewayProfile() (*scw.Profile, error) {
	scwProfileName := os.Getenv("SCW_PROFILE")
	if scwProfileName == "" {
		return nil, nil
	}
	config, err := scw.LoadConfig()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("loading Scaleway config file: %w", err)
	}
	profile, ok := config.Profiles[scwProfileName]
	if !ok {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find Scaleway profile %q", scwProfileName)
	}
	return profile, nil
}

func checkCredentials(accessKey, secretKey, projectID string) []error {
	errList := []error(nil)
	if accessKey == "" {
		errList = append(errList, fmt.Errorf("SCW_ACCESS_KEY has to be set"))
	}
	if secretKey == "" {
		errList = append(errList, fmt.Errorf("SCW_SECRET_KEY has to be set"))
	}
	if projectID == "" {
		errList = append(errList, fmt.Errorf("SCW_DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID has to be set"))
	}
	return errList
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. List available profiles in ~/.config/scw/config.yaml and fix the SCW_PROFILE value
2. Create the profile with 'scw init' or add it to the config file
3. Unset SCW_PROFILE to fall back to environment variables/default profile

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/scaleway/scalewaymetadata/profile.go:39 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/8a7fcb8b85a7261d. Report an issue: GitHub.