Troubleshooting cloud connections

To troubleshoot a cloud connection, make sure that the information for the cloud is correct and that the components of the blueprint design server can access the cloud.

Check the logs

The default location for the blueprint design server logs is /opt/ibm-ucd-patterns/logs. The default location for the engine logs is /var/log/heat/.

Confirm software components

Ensure that you have installed all the necessary components. Regardless of which type of cloud you are connecting to, the connection requires an OpenStack Keystone server, an engine, and a blueprint design server. See Connecting to clouds through the blueprint designer.

Confirm connection information

The connection information for the cloud must match the information on other systems. For example, the URL of the OpenStack identity service (Keystone) must be exactly the same (including any trailing slashes) in the authentication realm and on the allowed_auth_uris parameter of the engine configuration file.

Provide proxy connection information

If you provision to Amazon Web Services and use a proxy server, you must provide the proxy server URL and port. Both the system that hosts the engine and the system that hosts the cloud discovery service require this proxy.

• For a Linux™ operating system, create a file that is named .boto in the /home/user_name directory.
• For a Windows™ operating system, create a file that is named boto.config in the C:\Users\user_name directory. Then, set a user environment variable that is named BOTO_CONFIG to the full path of the file, C:\Users\user_name\boto.config.

In the file that you created, add the following lines:

[Boto]
proxy=proxy_host_name
proxy_port=proxy_port_number

See Boto Config.

After you modify the boto.config file, you must restart the cloud discovery service. To restart the cloud discovery service, see Stopping the blueprint designer, cloud discovery service, and engine and Stopping the blueprint designer, cloud discovery service, and engine.

Confirm the blueprint design server system time

If you provision to Amazon Web Services and see a Connection Failed error in the blueprint designer, confirm that the system time of the blueprint design server is correct.

For more troubleshooting information, see the UrbanCode community on IBM® developerWorks®: https://developer.ibm.com/answers/?community=urbancode.