[cs615asa] EC2 credential problem

[Jan Schaumann]

Chao <czhang13 at stevens.edu> wrote:
 
> I used to use the x.509 certificate to launch instance from Linux-lab
> and woks fine. But recently when I changed to use the AWS_SECRET_KEY,
> the ec2 tools keeps ask me for pk- and cert- file. (The secret key
> works fine on my own computer)
> 
> For example , I test ec2-describe-regions and get following error:
> "Required option '-K, --private-key KEY' missing"
> 
> Don't know if you guys have had this kind issue. Hope I can get some
> suggestions, thanks.

It's hard to say what might be wrong.  You need to provide more details,
such as what the exact command is you're invoking, and what your
environment looks like.  Use the env(1) command and the AWS online
documentation to ensure you have everything set up correctly; if you
still can't figure it out, send all relevant details to the list.

-Jan