hi I have a similar issue , when I run nova-api and nova-compute on Nova grizzly ,Ubuntu Precise.. I already have following settings in api-paste.ini : [filter:authtoken] paste.filter_factory = keystoneclient.middleware.auth_token:filter_factory Still the issue persists.. what can I do to resolve this ?? 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 CRITICAL nova [-] arguments already parsed: cannot register CLI option 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova Traceback (most recent call last): 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "./nova-api", line 5, in 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova pkg_resources.run_script('nova==2013.1.1', 'nova-api') 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 499, in run_script 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova self.require(requires)[0].run_script(script_name, ns) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pkg_resources.py", line 1235, in run_script 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova execfile(script_filename, namespace, namespace) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova-2013.1.1-py2.7.egg/EGG-INFO/scripts/nova-api", line 59, in 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova max_url_len=16384) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova-2013.1.1-py2.7.egg/nova/service.py", line 598, in __init__ 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova self.app = self.loader.load_app(name) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova-2013.1.1-py2.7.egg/nova/wsgi.py", line 482, in load_app 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova return deploy.loadapp("config:%s" % self.config_path, name=name) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/paste/deploy/loadwsgi.py", line 247, in loadapp 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova return loadobj(APP, uri, name=name, **kw) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/paste/deploy/loadwsgi.py", line 272, in loadobj 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova return context.create() 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/paste/deploy/loadwsgi.py", line 710, in create 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova return self.object_type.invoke(self) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/paste/deploy/loadwsgi.py", line 144, in invoke 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova **context.local_conf) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/paste/deploy/util.py", line 56, in fix_call 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova val = callable(*args, **kw) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/paste/urlmap.py", line 25, in urlmap_factory 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova app = loader.get_app(app_name, global_conf=global_conf) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/paste/deploy/loadwsgi.py", line 350, in get_app 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova name=name, global_conf=global_conf).create() 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/paste/deploy/loadwsgi.py", line 710, in create 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova return self.object_type.invoke(self) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/paste/deploy/loadwsgi.py", line 144, in invoke 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova **context.local_conf) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/paste/deploy/util.py", line 56, in fix_call 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova val = callable(*args, **kw) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova-2013.1.1-py2.7.egg/nova/api/auth.py", line 61, in pipeline_factory 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova app = filter(app) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova-2013.1.1-py2.7.egg/nova/wsgi.py", line 331, in _factory 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova return cls(app, **local_config) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova-2013.1.1-py2.7.egg/nova/api/ec2/__init__.py", line 303, in __init__ 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova self.controller = importutils.import_object(controller) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova-2013.1.1-py2.7.egg/nova/openstack/common/importutils.py", line 40, in import_object 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova return import_class(import_str)(*args, **kwargs) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova-2013.1.1-py2.7.egg/nova/api/ec2/cloud.py", line 217, in __init__ 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova self.volume_api = volume.API() 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova-2013.1.1-py2.7.egg/nova/volume/__init__.py", line 38, in API 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova cls = importutils.import_class(volume_api_class) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/nova-2013.1.1-py2.7.egg/nova/openstack/common/importutils.py", line 30, in import_class 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova __import__(mod_str) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cinder/volume/__init__.py", line 21, in 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova import cinder.flags 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/cinder/flags.py", line 106, in 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova FLAGS.register_cli_opts(core_opts) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/oslo.config-1.1.0-py2.7.egg/oslo/config/cfg.py", line 1129, in __inner 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova return f(self, *args, **kwargs) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/oslo.config-1.1.0-py2.7.egg/oslo/config/cfg.py", line 1283, in register_cli_opts 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova self.register_cli_opt(opt, group, clear_cache=False) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/oslo.config-1.1.0-py2.7.egg/oslo/config/cfg.py", line 1129, in __inner 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova return f(self, *args, **kwargs) 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova File "/usr/local/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/oslo.config-1.1.0-py2.7.egg/oslo/config/cfg.py", line 1275, in register_cli_opt 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova raise ArgsAlreadyParsedError("cannot register CLI option") 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova ArgsAlreadyParsedError: arguments already parsed: cannot register CLI option 2013-06-03 14:53:10.797 18356 TRACE nova