kubernetes/kops · error

spotinst: unsupported cloud provider: %s

Error message

spotinst: unsupported cloud provider: %s

What it means

NewCloud only implements the Spotinst Cloud interface for AWS; any other CloudProviderID falls into the default branch and is rejected before any Spotinst API call is made.

Source

Thrown at pkg/resources/spotinst/spotinst.go:52

// NewCloud returns a Cloud interface for the specified cloud provider.
func NewCloud(cloudProviderID kops.CloudProviderID) (Cloud, error) {
	var (
		cloud Cloud
		sess  = session.New(NewConfig())
		eg    = elastigroup.New(sess)
		oc    = ocean.New(sess)
	)

	switch cloudProviderID {
	case kops.CloudProviderAWS:
		cloud = &awsCloud{
			eg: &awsElastigroupService{eg.CloudProviderAWS()},
			oc: &awsOceanService{oc.CloudProviderAWS()},
			ls: &awsOceanLaunchSpecService{oc.CloudProviderAWS()},
		}
	default:
		return nil, fmt.Errorf("spotinst: unsupported cloud provider: %s", cloudProviderID)
	}

	return cloud, nil
}

// NewConfig returns a new configuration object.
func NewConfig() *spotinst.Config {
	config := spotinst.DefaultConfig()

	config.WithCredentials(NewCredentials())
	config.WithLogger(NewStdLogger())
	config.WithUserAgent("kubernetes-kops/" + kopsv.Version)

	return config
}

// NewCredentials returns a new chain-credentials object.
func NewCredentials() *credentials.Credentials {

View on GitHub (pinned to 4c8573c808)

Solutions

1. Spotinst integration only supports AWS clusters; set spec.cloudProvider to aws
2. Remove Spotinst settings (elastigroup/ocean) when using other providers

When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at pkg/resources/spotinst/spotinst.go:52 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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