Error initializing environment after running "amplify init."

Question

Working on a web app using react.js that I picked up from another developer. Currently, trying to use AWS Amplify and I will eventually use AWS Cognito for authentication purposes.

I am using the following tutorial: https://hackernoon.com/react-authentication-in-depth-4deebda9aa45

I've already executed the following commands:

$ npm i -g @aws-amplify/cli

$ amplify configure

I've set up my CLI with the amplify config command, to include setting up the environment, access key ID and Secret Access key.

Error comes after running

$ amplify init

I've already seen a stack overflow post that states that this is a known error for the CLI, and that a fix has been implemented in the latest version of the CLI. I've tried updating amplify and re-installing. This is my second attempt to reinstall.

Here is a copy of the error in terminal.

MacBook-Air% amplify init

Note: It is recommended to run this command from the root of your app directory
? Do you want to use an existing environment? Yes
? Choose the environment you would like to use: discrete
Using default provider  awscloudformation
✖ There was an error initializing your environment.
init failed
{ AccessDenied: Access Denied
    at Request.extractError (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/services/s3.js:585:35)
    at Request.callListeners (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/sequential_executor.js:106:20)
    at Request.emit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/sequential_executor.js:78:10)
    at Request.emit (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/request.js:683:14)
    at Request.transition (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/request.js:22:10)
    at AcceptorStateMachine.runTo (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/state_machine.js:14:12)
    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/state_machine.js:26:10
    at Request.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/request.js:38:9)
    at Request.<anonymous> (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/request.js:685:12)
    at Request.callListeners (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/@aws-amplify/cli/node_modules/aws-sdk/lib/sequential_executor.js:116:18)
  message: 'Access Denied',
  code: 'AccessDenied',
  region: null,
  time: 2019-05-01T18:09:17.901Z,
  requestId: '7814262360A7DF07',
  extendedRequestId:
   'Y1woT4qs3VOtSCQG7sWNu7zexB2O+ZNP3oiBugTdfkHbK4Um5vzOS05P5qsZRcRFUPVTAbey8Q0=',
  cfId: undefined,
  statusCode: 403,
  retryable: false,
  retryDelay: 155.200421877319 }

Expect environment to properly initialize and amplify to be properly configured.

I had this problem just now, and it was because I was trying to create a new environment with the same name as an existing environment. Choosing a new name fixed the issue. Letting you know on the small chance that this is the issue for you as well. — jcharch
changing the name of the environment worked! Unfortuntely, the app itself has some other problems that I need to fix! If its not one thing its the other. — Iwori15-5

jcvalerio jcvalerio · Accepted Answer · 2019-12-06T22:13:04

You can check those issues reported at github project.

We had a similar issue using '@aws-amplify/cli' is version: '2.0.0', at aws Amplify Console.

Our envs develop, PR, etc. were building fine but master did not.

So, we change the version from 2.0.0 to 4.0.0 and build start working again.

Check

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Error initializing environment after running "amplify init."

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