ec2-run-user-data does not run user-data scripts ('int' object has no attribute 'write')

[Eric Hammond]

When I run the current official Ubuntu 32-bit beta AMI (ami-814aaee8) and pass in a script using user-data, the script is not run.

I have tracked this down to the following error from ec2-run-user-data:

  Traceback (most recent call last):
    File "/usr/sbin/ec2-run-user-data", line 41, in <module>
      fp.write(data)
  AttributeError: 'int' object has no attribute 'write'

Here is are sample commands to start an instance with a user-data script:

  cat >sample-user-data <<EOF
#!/bin/bash
echo "hello world"
EOF

  ec2-run-instances \
    --user-data-file sample-user-data \
    --key YOURKEYPAIR \
    ami-814aaee8

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

I have this fixed locally and will push it for the next beta. Thanks for the bug report.

Regards
chuck

[Chuck Short (zulcss)]

This is fixed for beta2