kubernetes/kops · error

error loading SSH item %q: %v

Error message

error loading SSH item %q: %v

What it means

Error "error loading SSH item %q: %v" thrown in kubernetes/kops.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/vfs_castore.go:331

	files, err := p.ReadDir()
	if err != nil {
		if os.IsNotExist(err) {
			return nil, nil
		}
		return nil, err
	}

	var items []*kops.SSHCredential

	for _, f := range files {
		data, err := f.ReadFile(ctx)
		if err != nil {
			if os.IsNotExist(err) {
				klog.V(2).Infof("Ignoring not-found issue reading %q", f)
				continue
			}
			return nil, fmt.Errorf("error loading SSH item %q: %v", f, err)
		}

		item := &kops.SSHCredential{}
		item.Name = "admin"
		item.Spec.PublicKey = strings.TrimSpace(string(data))
		items = append(items, item)
	}

	return items, nil
}

func (c *VFSCAStore) DeleteSSHCredential() error {
	ctx := context.TODO()

	p := c.basedir.Join("ssh", "public", "admin")

	files, err := p.ReadDir()
	if err != nil {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/vfs_castore.go:331 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/ea20f9980a3b18e7. Report an issue: GitHub.