This is also why "juju bootstrap" is failing. I have test it and juju results in: ubuntu@maas-test:~$ juju bootstrap Launching instance WARNING picked arbitrary tools &{1.20.5-trusty-amd64 https://streams.canonical.com/juju/tools/releases/juju-1.20.5-trusty-amd64.tgz 7bb999e3cd2776148dcc4dafbd4af39655715187716f64d78f7a81cc42fd3fff 8224472} ^[[1;2CERROR bootstrap failed: cannot start bootstrap instance: gomaasapi: got error back from server: 400 BAD REQUEST ({"power_type": ["\nThe cluster controller for this node is not responding; power type\nvalidation is not available.\nUnable to get RPC connection for cluster 'maas'"]}) Bootstrap failed, destroying environment ERROR cannot start bootstrap instance: gomaasapi: got error back from server: 400 BAD REQUEST ({"power_type": ["\nThe cluster controller for this node is not responding; power type\nvalidation is not available.\nUnable to get RPC connection for cluster 'maas'"]}) This is because the following happens in django, which drops the connection to the cluster, causing the power_type validation to fail. INFO 2014-09-11 11:36:54,231 twisted RegionServer connection lost (HOST:IPv4Address(TCP, '127.0.0.1', 34533) PEER:IPv4Address(TCP, '127.0.0.1', 49858)) ERROR 2014-09-11 11:36:54,232 maasserver ################################ Exception: [Failure instance: Traceback (failure with no frames): : Connection was closed cleanly. ] ################################ ERROR 2014-09-11 11:36:54,232 maasserver Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/core/handlers/base.py", line 112, in get_response response = wrapped_callback(request, *callback_args, **callback_kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/django/views/decorators/vary.py", line 19, in inner_func response = func(*args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/piston/resource.py", line 167, in __call__ result = self.error_handler(e, request, meth, em_format) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/piston/resource.py", line 165, in __call__ result = meth(request, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/maasserver/api/support.py", line 189, in dispatch return function(self, request, *args, **kwargs) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/maasserver/api/nodes.py", line 279, in start [system_id], request.user, user_data=user_data) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/maasserver/models/node.py", line 494, in start_nodes raise MultipleFailures(*update_host_maps_failures) MultipleFailures: [Failure instance: Traceback (failure with no frames): : Connection was closed cleanly. ] ERROR 2014-09-11 11:36:54,326 maasserver Unable to get RPC connection for cluster 'maas' ERROR 2014-09-11 11:36:54,328 maasserver Unable to get RPC connection for cluster 'maas' ERROR 2014-09-11 11:36:54,332 maasserver Unable to get RPC connection for cluster 'maas' ERROR 2014-09-11 11:36:54,340 maasserver Unable to get RPC connection for cluster 'maas' ERROR 2014-09-11 11:36:54,513 maasserver Unable to get RPC connection for cluster 'maas' ...many more... ERROR 2014-09-11 11:36:58,723 maasserver Unable to get RPC connection for cluster 'maas' ERROR 2014-09-11 11:36:58,727 maasserver Unable to get RPC connection for cluster 'maas' ERROR 2014-09-11 11:36:58,736 maasserver Unable to get RPC connection for cluster 'maas' ERROR 2014-09-11 11:36:58,811 twisted Unhandled Error Traceback (most recent call last): File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/internet/base.py", line 824, in runUntilCurrent call.func(*call.args, **call.kw) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 467, in cancel self.errback(failure.Failure(CancelledError())) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 423, in errback self._startRunCallbacks(fail) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 490, in _startRunCallbacks self._runCallbacks() --- --- File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/twisted/internet/defer.py", line 577, in _runCallbacks current.result = callback(current.result, *args, **kw) File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/maasserver/rpc/regionservice.py", line 466, in cancelled raise exceptions.NoConnectionsAvailable() provisioningserver.rpc.exceptions.NoConnectionsAvailable: