kubernetes/kops · error

error parsing keyset: %v

Error message

error parsing keyset: %v

What it means

Error "error parsing keyset: %v" thrown in kubernetes/kops.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/vfs_keystorereader.go:63

	}

	return k
}

func (c *VFSKeystoreReader) VFSPath() vfs.Path {
	return c.basedir
}

func (c *VFSKeystoreReader) buildPrivateKeyPoolPath(name string) vfs.Path {
	return c.basedir.Join("private", name)
}

func (c *VFSKeystoreReader) parseKeysetYaml(data []byte) (*kops.Keyset, bool, error) {
	defaultReadVersion := v1alpha2.SchemeGroupVersion.WithKind("Keyset")

	object, gvk, err := kopscodecs.Decode(data, &defaultReadVersion)
	if err != nil {
		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("error parsing keyset: %v", err)
	}

	keyset, ok := object.(*kops.Keyset)
	if !ok {
		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("object was not a keyset, was a %T", object)
	}

	if gvk == nil {
		return nil, false, fmt.Errorf("object did not have GroupVersionKind: %q", keyset.Name)
	}

	return keyset, gvk.Version != keysetFormatLatest, nil
}

// loadKeyset loads a Keyset from the path.
// Returns (nil, nil) if the file is not found
// Bundles avoid the need for a list-files permission, which can be tricky on e.g. GCE
func (c *VFSKeystoreReader) loadKeyset(ctx context.Context, p vfs.Path) (*Keyset, error) {

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/vfs_keystorereader.go:63 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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