AWS create instance using 'fog'

Question

I am trying to create an AWS instance using rubygem fog. For some reason the bootstrap method just takes too long (more than 10 minutes) and my script times out. Here is what I am using

server = @compute.servers.bootstrap(:key_name => 'mykey',
                                    :username => 'foo',
                                    :flavor_id => flavor_id,
                                    :image_id => image_id,
                                    :subnet_id => "my_subnet_id",
                                    :groups => ["my_security_group"])
server.wait_for { ready? }

When I tried to create the instance from AWS CLI and aws-ruby-sdk I was able to do that successfully with ease. Just the difference was instead of security group name I had to use security group id. The fog gem cries if I dont specify :groups list and assigns default security group. I am trying to create my instance in a VPC. (FYI)

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered May 16 '15 at 06:52

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When creating an instance inside a vpc you need to specify the :security_group_ids option (with an array of group ids rather than names) instead of the :groups option.

answered May 16 '15 at 06:52

Frederick Cheung

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If I dont specify the `:groups` name `fog` throws error `gems/fog-aws-0.0.8/lib/fog/aws/models/compute/servers.rb:190:in `_setup_bootstrap': undefined method `first' for nil:NilClass (NoMethodError)` – ankitrokdeonsns May 16 '15 at 07:56
Smells like a bug to me. Worth trying newer version of fog-aws before opening an issue – Frederick Cheung May 16 '15 at 07:57
same with latest version of `fog v1.30.0` – ankitrokdeonsns May 16 '15 at 10:56
Yeah, I think if you do the steps within bootstrap directly it should work, but bootstrap itself hasn't been updated yet to match with VPC stuff. – geemus May 20 '15 at 17:45

AWS create instance using 'fog'

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