kubernetes/kops · error

error getting cloud instance group %q: %v

Error message

error getting cloud instance group %q: %v

What it means

awsBuildCloudInstanceGroup failed while building the CloudInstanceGroup for one instance group; the wrapped error typically comes from resolving the ASG launch configuration/template or describing its EC2 instances. The instance group named by %q is the one that could not be built.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/awsup/aws_cloud.go:817

	}

	for _, asg := range asgs {
		name := aws.ToString(asg.AutoScalingGroupName)

		instancegroup, err := matchInstanceGroup(name, cluster.ObjectMeta.Name, instancegroups)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting instance group for ASG %q", name)
		}
		if instancegroup == nil {
			if warnUnmatched {
				klog.Warningf("Found ASG with no corresponding instance group %q", name)
			}
			continue
		}

		groups[instancegroup.ObjectMeta.Name], err = awsBuildCloudInstanceGroup(ctx, c, cluster, instancegroup, asg, nodeMap)
		if err != nil {
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error getting cloud instance group %q: %v", instancegroup.ObjectMeta.Name, err)
		}
	}

	return groups, nil
}

// FindAutoscalingGroups finds autoscaling groups matching the specified tags
// This isn't entirely trivial because autoscaling doesn't let us filter with as much precision as we would like
func FindAutoscalingGroups(c AWSCloud, tags map[string]string) ([]*autoscalingtypes.AutoScalingGroup, error) {
	ctx := context.TODO()

	var asgs []*autoscalingtypes.AutoScalingGroup

	klog.V(2).Infof("Listing all Autoscaling groups matching cluster tags")
	var asgNames []string
	{
		var asFilters []autoscalingtypes.Filter
		for _, v := range tags {

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Solutions

1. Inspect the wrapped %v error to identify the failing AWS call (launch template lookup, DescribeInstances, etc.)
2. Verify the ASG's launch configuration/launch template still exists and is readable by the credentials
3. Re-run the kops operation after fixing the underlying AWS-side issue; the lookup is read-only

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/awsup/aws_cloud.go:817 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/29e0ea6d1f0ba9cb. Report an issue: GitHub.