Traceback from failure in comment #7:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/ops/manifests/manifest.py", line 100, in client
    load_in_cluster_generic_resources(client)
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/lightkube/generic_resource.py", line 206, in load_in_cluster_generic_resources
    for crd in crds:
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/lightkube/core/generic_client.py", line 252, in list
    cont, chunk = self.handle_response('list', resp, br)
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/lightkube/core/generic_client.py", line 196, in handle_response
    self.raise_for_status(resp)
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/lightkube/core/generic_client.py", line 190, in raise_for_status
    raise transform_exception(e)
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/lightkube/core/generic_client.py", line 188, in raise_for_status
    resp.raise_for_status()
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/httpx/_models.py", line 749, in raise_for_status
    raise HTTPStatusError(message, request=request, response=self)
httpx.HTTPStatusError: Server error '502 Bad Gateway' for url 'https://54.224.75.143/apis/apiextensions.k8s.io/v1/customresourcedefinitions'
For more information check: https://httpstatuses.com/502

The above exception was the direct cause of the following exception:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./src/charm.py", line 206, in <module>
    main(AwsK8sStorageCharm)
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/ops/main.py", line 438, in main
    _emit_charm_event(charm, dispatcher.event_name)
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/ops/main.py", line 150, in _emit_charm_event
    event_to_emit.emit(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/ops/framework.py", line 355, in emit
    framework._emit(event)  # noqa
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/ops/framework.py", line 856, in _emit
    self._reemit(event_path)
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/ops/framework.py", line 931, in _reemit
    custom_handler(event)
  File "./src/charm.py", line 99, in _update_status
    unready = self.collector.unready
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/ops/manifests/collector.py", line 92, in unready
    for (name, obj), cond in self.conditions.items()
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/ops/manifests/collector.py", line 108, in conditions
    return {
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/ops/manifests/collector.py", line 111, in <dictcomp>
    for obj in manifest.status()
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/ops/manifests/manifest.py", line 226, in status
    return frozenset(_ for _ in self.installed_resources() if _.status_conditions)
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/ops/manifests/manifest.py", line 233, in installed_resources
    next_rsc = self.client.get(
  File "/usr/lib/python3.8/functools.py", line 967, in __get__
    val = self.func(instance)
  File "/var/lib/juju/agents/unit-aws-k8s-storage-0/charm/venv/ops/manifests/manifest.py", line 103, in client
    raise ManifestClientError(msg, ex) from ex
ops.manifests.exceptions.ManifestClientError: ('Failed to load in cluster CRDs', HTTPStatusError("Server error '502 Bad Gateway' for url 'https://54.224.75.143/apis/apiextensions.k8s.io/v1/customresourcedefinitions'\nFor more information check: https://httpstatuses.com/50
2"))