kubernetes/kops · error

error rendering SSH public key: %w

Error message

error rendering SSH public key: %w

What it means

Thrown in RenderScw while materializing the expected PublicKey resource into a string before creating the Scaleway SSH key. fi.ResourceAsString failed, meaning the resource backing the PublicKey field could not be loaded (missing secret, unreadable file, or failed fetch) — the failure is in reading the resource, not in talking to Scaleway.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/scalewaytasks/sshkey.go:129

func (*SSHKey) RenderScw(t *scaleway.ScwAPITarget, actual, expected, changes *SSHKey) error {
	if actual != nil {
		klog.Infof("Scaleway does not support changes to ssh keys for the moment")
		return nil
	}

	name := fi.ValueOf(expected.Name)
	if name == "" {
		return fi.RequiredField("Name")
	}
	klog.V(2).Infof("Creating keypair with name: %q", name)

	keyArgs := &iam.CreateSSHKeyRequest{
		Name: name,
	}
	if expected.PublicKey != nil {
		d, err := fi.ResourceAsString(*expected.PublicKey)
		if err != nil {
			return fmt.Errorf("error rendering SSH public key: %w", err)
		}
		keyArgs.PublicKey = d
	}

	key, err := t.Cloud.IamService().CreateSSHKey(keyArgs)
	if err != nil {
		return fmt.Errorf("error creating SSH keypair: %w", err)
	}
	expected.KeyPairFingerPrint = new(key.Fingerprint)
	klog.V(2).Infof("Created a new SSH keypair, id=%q fingerprint=%q", key.ID, key.Fingerprint)

	return nil
}

type terraformSSHKey struct {
	Name      *string `cty:"name"`
	PublicKey *string `cty:"public_key"`
}

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. Check that the resource referenced by expected.PublicKey (file, secret, or generated keypair) exists and is readable
2. If the key comes from a secret, verify the secret was created in an earlier task and its dependency is declared
3. Inspect the underlying error to see whether it is an auth/path problem on the resource source

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/scalewaytasks/sshkey.go:129 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/28161c1097d1547d. Report an issue: GitHub.