ebs delivery fails: timeout occured retrieving ec2 hostname

[seandarcy]

rubygem-boxgrinder-build-0.10.4-1.fc17.noarch

rubygem-boxgrinder-core-0.3.14-1.fc17.noarch

ec2-ami-tools-1.4-0.9.noarch

boxgrinder-build f17-asterisk.appl -p ec2 -d ebs --force

...........

I, [2012-12-01T17:23:12.958362 #15141]  INFO -- : Validating appliance definition from f17-asterisk.appl file...

I, [2012-12-01T17:23:12.960010 #15141]  INFO -- : Appliance definition is valid.

W, [2012-12-01T17:23:22.971003 #15141]  WARN -- : A timeout occurred while attempting to retrieve the ec2 hostname: execution expired

I've checked and double checked keys and account number. New AWS account. A tried assigning an ip address, but that made no difference.

.boxgrinder/config:

plugins:

   local:

     path: /home/virtual/appliances/builds   # (required)

     overwrite: false             

   ebs:

     access_key: <>                        # required

     secret_access_key: <>          # required

     account_number: 1234-1234-1234                 # required

     delete_on_termination: false                      # default: true

     availability_zone:                                # default: current availability zone

     snapshot: true                                    # default: false

     overwrite: false                                  # default: false

     terminate_instances: false                        # default: false     

    preserve_snapshots: false                         # default: false

sean

[msavy]

Where are you running this? Are you in the cloud?

[seandarcy]

Not in the cloud. On my local box.

[msavy]

Due to the way that EBS works you must be running on an EC2 instance when trying to do `-d ebs`.