Hi When I try to execute *hadoop-ec2 launch-cluster test-cluster 2*, it executes, but keep waiting at "Waiting for instance to start", find below the exact display as it shows on my screen
$ bin/hadoop-ec2 launch-cluster test-cluster 2 Testing for existing master in group: test-cluster Creating group test-cluster-master GROUP test-cluster-master Group for Hadoop Master. GROUP test-cluster-master PERMISSION test-cluster-master ALLOWS all FROM USER 5282-1142-6451 GRPNAME test-cluster-master GROUP test-cluster-master PERMISSION test-cluster-master ALLOWS tcp 22 22 FROM CIDR 0.0.0.0/0 GROUP test-cluster-master PERMISSION test-cluster-master ALLOWS tcp 50030 50030 FROM CIDR 0.0.0.0/0 GROUP test-cluster-master PERMISSION test-cluster-master ALLOWS tcp 50060 50060 FROM CIDR 0.0.0.0/0 Creating group test-cluster GROUP test-cluster Group for Hadoop Slaves. GROUP test-cluster PERMISSION test-cluster ALLOWS all FROM USER 5282-1142-6451 GRPNAME test-cluster GROUP test-cluster PERMISSION test-cluster ALLOWS tcp 22 22 FROM CIDR 0.0.0.0/0 GROUP test-cluster PERMISSION test-cluster ALLOWS tcp 50030 50030 FROM CIDR 0.0.0.0/0 GROUP test-cluster PERMISSION test-cluster ALLOWS tcp 50060 50060 FROM CIDR 0.0.0.0/0 GROUP test-cluster-master PERMISSION test-cluster-master ALLOWS all FROM USER 5282-1142-6451 GRPNAME test-cluster GROUP test-cluster PERMISSION test-cluster ALLOWS all FROM USER 5282-1142-6451 GRPNAME test-cluster-master Starting master with AMI ami-fa6a8e93 Invalid argument for option '-f, --user-data-file DATA-FILE': '/home/bike/hadoo -0.19.2/src/contrib/ec2/bin/hadoop-ec2-init-remote.sh' (-h for usage) Waiting for instance to start ............................................................................... ............................................................................... It just keeps on producing new dots, thats it and i guess this process will never finish, I tried hours to search for the solution on the net, but unsuccessful. I will appreciate if anyone can help me with this problem? H. Kumar Phone(Mobile): +82-10-2892-9663 Phone(Office): +82-31- skype: harshit900 Blog: http://harshitkumar.wordpress.com Website: http:/kumarharmuscat.tripod.com