Keypair Not Recognized When Deploying Instances

Problem

The following error is encountered when trying to launch an instance.

None

ERROR (BadRequest): invalid key_name provided (HTTP 400)

Environment

• Platform9 Managed OpenStack - All Versions

• Nova

Cause

The Keypair doesn't exist for the user, for which the instance was attempted to be spawned under.

Resolution

Launch the instance under the user for which the Keypair was initially uploaded or created as Keypairs aren't shared between users.

Additional Information

• For information on how to list or create Keypairs via the OpenStack CLI see OpenStack Docs - Keypair.