kubernetes/kops · error

error building bootstrap script for %q: %w

Error message

error building bootstrap script for %q: %w

What it means

Wrapped failure from BootstrapScriptBuilder.ResourceNodeUp while generating the nodeup bootstrap script for a Scaleway instance group. The rendering error is in the %w detail; this layer only attributes the failure to the named instance group.

Source

Thrown at pkg/model/scalewaymodel/instances.go:55

	*ScwModelContext

	BootstrapScriptBuilder *model.BootstrapScriptBuilder
	Lifecycle              fi.Lifecycle
}

var _ fi.CloudupModelBuilder = &InstanceModelBuilder{}

func (b *InstanceModelBuilder) Build(c *fi.CloudupModelBuilderContext) error {
	for _, ig := range b.InstanceGroups {
		name := ig.Name
		zone, err := scw.ParseZone(ig.Spec.Subnets[0])
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("error building instance task for %q: %w", name, err)
		}

		userData, err := b.BootstrapScriptBuilder.ResourceNodeUp(c, ig)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("error building bootstrap script for %q: %w", name, err)
		}

		instanceTags := []string{
			scaleway.TagClusterName + "=" + b.Cluster.Name,
			scaleway.TagInstanceGroup + "=" + ig.Name,
		}
		for k, v := range b.CloudTags(b.ClusterName(), false) {
			instanceTags = append(instanceTags, fmt.Sprintf("%s=%s", k, v))
		}

		instance := scalewaytasks.Instance{
			Count:          int(fi.ValueOf(ig.Spec.MinSize)),
			Name:           new(name),
			Lifecycle:      b.Lifecycle,
			Zone:           new(string(zone)),
			CommercialType: new(ig.Spec.MachineType),
			Image:          new(ig.Spec.Image),
			UserData:       &userData,

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. Read the wrapped error to find the failing bootstrap-script field
2. Correct the cluster/instance-group spec accordingly and re-run `kops update cluster`

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/model/scalewaymodel/instances.go:55 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/2792866e851917c7. Report an issue: GitHub.