kubernetes/kops · error

SCW_DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID has to be set

Error message

SCW_DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID has to be set

What it means

Validation error from checkCredentials: the merged Scaleway profile has no default project ID, so kOps cannot know which Scaleway project owns the cluster resources. It flags the missing SCW_DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID input; it is aggregated with any other missing-credential errors before being returned.

Source

Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/scaleway/scalewaymetadata/profile.go:53

		return nil, fmt.Errorf("loading Scaleway config file: %w", err)
	}
	profile, ok := config.Profiles[scwProfileName]
	if !ok {
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("could not find Scaleway profile %q", scwProfileName)
	}
	return profile, nil
}

func checkCredentials(accessKey, secretKey, projectID string) []error {
	errList := []error(nil)
	if accessKey == "" {
		errList = append(errList, fmt.Errorf("SCW_ACCESS_KEY has to be set"))
	}
	if secretKey == "" {
		errList = append(errList, fmt.Errorf("SCW_SECRET_KEY has to be set"))
	}
	if projectID == "" {
		errList = append(errList, fmt.Errorf("SCW_DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID has to be set"))
	}
	return errList
}

func CreateValidScalewayProfile() (*scw.Profile, error) {
	var profile scw.Profile

	// If the profile is REDACTED, we're running integration tests so no need to return any credentials
	if profileName := os.Getenv("SCW_PROFILE"); profileName == "REDACTED" {
		return &profile, nil
	}

	// We load the credentials form the profile first
	profileFromScwConfig, err := getScalewayProfile()
	if err != nil {
		return nil, err
	}
	// We load the credentials from the environment second

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. Set SCW_DEFAULT_PROJECT_ID (or add DefaultProjectID to the named profile)
2. Copy the project ID from the Scaleway console's project settings
3. Run 'scw init' which records the project ID

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at upup/pkg/fi/cloudup/scaleway/scalewaymetadata/profile.go:53 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/823e18d25eabf438. Report an issue: GitHub.