AWS Cloud formation cfn-init error

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I'm trying to create cluster structure using Cloud Formation script. I'm using Bitnami drupal AMI. Bu the script produces below eror:

WaitCondition received failed message: 'Failed to run cfn-init' for uniqueId: i-4d121a16

Then I connected to instance and checked cfn-init.log:

bitnami@ip-10-58-51-235:/var/log$ cat cfn-init.log                              
2013-01-01 19:18:23,128 [INFO] Starting new HTTP connection (1): 169.254.169.254
2013-01-01 22:52:17,607 [INFO] Starting new HTTP connection (1): 169.254.169.254
2013-01-01 22:52:17,621 [INFO] Starting new HTTPS connection (1): cloudformation-waitcondition-    eu-west-1.s3.amazonaws.com

My AWS Console events like below:

Logical ID PhysicalID Status Reason

mycluster arn:aws:cloudformation:eu-west-1:318730... CREATE_FAILED The following resource(s) failed to create: [WaitCondition]

WaitCondition vgdrobe-WaitCondition-UWEKNUJ8TMT6 CREATE_FAILED WaitCondition received failed message: 'Failed to run cfn-init' for uniqueId: i-59272f1c

WaitCondition vgdrb-WaitCondition-MML6Y6E47WTB CREATE_IN_PROGRESS

WebServerGroup vgdrb-WebServerGroup-1OBJYOSQX8093 CREATE_COMPLETE

I couln't find the problem. Could you help me please?

Kind regards...

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2 Answers

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Is it possible that the cfn-init scripts are not part of the image?

According to the docs, they're installed as part of the Amazon Linux image, but may not be included by default in other images.

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Expanding on what Chris suggested, I had to add the following to get cfn-init working on my CloudFormation script:

"apt-get -y install python-setuptools\n", 
"easy_install https://s3.amazonaws.com/cloudformation-examples/aws-cfn-bootstrap-1.0.tar.gz\n",

I found some really useful info about this here: http://smart421.wordpress.com/2012/12/14/aws-cloudformation-and-chef-on-centos/

I also found errors in my UserData caused cfn-init to fail. I got around this by using VS2012 to validate the script before uploading it (as suggested here: How can I quickly and effectively debug CloudFormation templates?).

Hope that helps.