Error while setting up AWS instance

Part 1 (2017)
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I have requested ec2 limit increase and it is granted but when I run setup_p2.sh , I’m getting this error

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An error occurred (InstanceLimitExceeded) when calling the RunInstances operation: You have requested more instances (1) than your current instance limit of 0 allows for the specified instance type. Please visit http://aws.amazon.com/contact-us/ec2-request to request an adjustment to this limit.

An error occurred (MissingParameter) when calling the CreateTags operation: The request must contain the parameter resourceIdSet
Waiting for instance start…

Waiter InstanceRunning failed: Max attempts exceeded
usage: aws [options] [ …] [parameters]
To see help text, you can run:

aws help
aws help
aws help
aws: error: argument --instance-id: expected one argument

An error occurred (MissingParameter) when calling the RebootInstances operation: The request must contain the parameter InstancesSet

All done. Find all you need to connect in the fast-ai-commands.txt file and to remove the stack call fast-ai-remove.sh
Connect to your instance: ssh -i /home/bithu/.ssh/aws-key-fast-ai.pem ubuntu@None

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Have you configures aws command line with correct region name? The set limits for the region which you requested.
When you go to AWS Management Console web interface, EC2 -> Limits section, what limit is displayed for p2.xlarge?

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The default limit is 20 instances (I believe this is across regions). Do you have other instances running?

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As intstructed in the video , I have asked for a limit increase in g2.2xlarge and it is allocated, but the script shows this error

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No instances are running

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Upon closer inspection of the error I see the problem.

“An error occurred (InstanceLimitExceeded) when calling the RunInstances operation: You have requested more instances (1) than your current instance limit of 0 allows for the specified instance type.”

So AWS will not allow you to setup any instances of that type right now without an increase. If your request went through, I would suggest starting with a p2.xlarge and not g2.2xlarge.

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Info in the video could be outdated. Now the AWS install walkthrough video has an overlay that says "Ignore what I’m saying here - instead request “p2.xlarge”, and for limit value, choose “1"”

setup_p2.sh script operates with P2 instances:

export instanceType=“p2.xlarge”

Try to request increasing a limit for p2.xlarge.

If this works, please edit info on the Lesson 1 wiki page. I don’t have edit permissions there.

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I’m using MacOs, and ran into the same problem. In the directory in which setup_p2.sh was housed, I ran the command “rm aws-key-fast-ai.pem” to delete the file, and then ran" rm -r .ssh" to remove the folder it was housed in, though I’m not sure if that’s necessary.

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I’m getting this error as well… I’ve been following this guide: AWS EC2 | Practical Deep Learning for Coders