Was the error message the same as you posted when you used `root` as the user id? Could you try this:
1) Do not specify user id. (Default would be `root`.) 2) If it fails in the middle, try `spark-ec2 .... --resume launch <cluster>` to continue launching the cluster. Best, Xiangrui On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:44 PM, adparker <adpar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I had this problem too and fixed it by setting the wait time-out to a larger > value: --wait > > For example, in "stand alone" mode with default values, a time out of 480 > seconds worked for me: > > $ cd spark-0.9.1/ec2 > $ ./spark-ec2 --key-pair=XXXX --identity-file=XXXX --instance-type=r3.large > --wait=480 launch XXXX > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://apache-spark-user-list.1001560.n3.nabble.com/Error-while-launching-ec2-spark-cluster-with-HVM-r3-large-tp5862p6276.html > Sent from the Apache Spark User List mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
