kubernetes/kops · error

error reading local IP from AWS metadata: %v

Error message

error reading local IP from AWS metadata: %v

What it means

Error "error reading local IP from AWS metadata: %v" thrown in kubernetes/kops.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/command.go:573

			klog.Warningf("Failed to set runtime hostname %q: %v", label, err)
		} else {
			klog.Infof("Set OS hostname to %q", label)
		}

		return label, nil
	}

	return "", nil
}

func evaluateBindAddress(bindAddress string) (string, error) {
	if bindAddress == "" {
		return "", nil
	}
	if bindAddress == "@aws" {
		vBytes, err := vfs.Context.ReadFile("metadata://aws/meta-data/local-ipv4")
		if err != nil {
			return "", fmt.Errorf("error reading local IP from AWS metadata: %v", err)
		}

		// The local-ipv4 gets it's IP from the AWS.
		// For now just choose the first one.
		ips := strings.Fields(string(vBytes))
		if len(ips) == 0 {
			klog.Warningf("Local IP from AWS metadata service was empty")
			return "", nil
		}

		ip := ips[0]
		klog.Infof("Using IP from AWS metadata service: %s", ip)

		return ip, nil
	}

	if net.ParseIP(bindAddress) == nil {
		return "", fmt.Errorf("bindAddress is not valid IP address")

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/nodeup/command.go:573 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/14bc58c804442a7c. Report an issue: GitHub.