It seems like the scripts are having trouble finding a proper AMI for zookeeper.
bradfordsteph...@ubuntu:~/hbase/test-hbase/build/contrib/ec2/bin$ ./hbase-ec2 launch-cluster testcluster 3 1 Creating/checking security groups Security group testcluster-master exists, ok Security group testcluster exists, ok Security group testcluster-zookeeper exists, ok Starting ZooKeeper quorum ensemble. Starting an AMI with ID (arch i386) in group testcluster-zookeeper Required parameter 'AMI' missing (-h for usage) Waiting for instance to start: ...............................................................................................................................................................^C I tried both the default value for the S3_BUCKET and "iridiant-bundles" ... I guess I'll try create-hbase-bundle next? -- http://www.drawntoscalehq.com -- Big Data for all. The Big Data Platform. http://www.roadtofailure.com -- The Fringes of Scalability, Social Media, and Computer Science