kubernetes/kops · error

error loading cloud: %v

Error message

error loading cloud: %v

What it means

setupVPC (Openstack branch) wraps the NewOpenstackCloud construction error when a network ID must be inferred from subnet IDs. It fires when Openstack credentials/environment are missing or the cloud client cannot be initialized, aborting cluster creation.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/new_cluster.go:699

				klog.Infof("using google cloud project: %s", project)
			}
			cluster.Spec.CloudProvider.GCE.Project = project
		}
		if opt.GCEServiceAccount != "" {
			// TODO remove this logging?
			klog.Infof("VMs will be configured to use specified Service Account: %v", opt.GCEServiceAccount)
			cluster.Spec.CloudProvider.GCE.ServiceAccount = opt.GCEServiceAccount
		}

	case api.CloudProviderOpenstack:
		if cluster.Spec.CloudConfig == nil {
			cluster.Spec.CloudConfig = &api.CloudConfiguration{}
		}

		if cluster.Spec.Networking.NetworkID == "" && len(opt.SubnetIDs) > 0 {
			osCloud, err := openstack.NewOpenstackCloud(cluster, "new-cluster-setupvpc")
			if err != nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("error loading cloud: %v", err)
			}

			res, err := osCloud.FindNetworkBySubnetID(opt.SubnetIDs[0])
			if err != nil {
				return fmt.Errorf("error finding network: %v", err)
			}
			cluster.Spec.Networking.NetworkID = res.ID
		}

		if opt.OpenstackDNSServers != "" {
			cluster.Spec.CloudProvider.Openstack.Router.DNSServers = new(opt.OpenstackDNSServers)
		}
		if opt.OpenstackExternalSubnet != "" {
			cluster.Spec.CloudProvider.Openstack.Router.ExternalSubnet = new(opt.OpenstackExternalSubnet)
		}
	case api.CloudProviderAzure:
		// TODO(kenji): Find a right place for this.

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. Verify OpenStack credentials (clouds.yaml / environment variables)
2. Check the OS_ prefix environment and auth URL configuration
3. Pass the network ID explicitly to skip cloud client setup

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/new_cluster.go:699 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/eab876badc2dd240. Report an issue: GitHub.