[Openstack] Error authenticating, Try again later

Razique Mahroua razique.mahroua at gmail.com
Thu Nov 14 17:46:07 UTC 2013


I cannot tell precisely at that point. I don't know much about the 
configuration performed by DevStack...
Usually you just start by looking at the OpenStack logs, 98% of errors 
are likely to be found somewhere there. The 2% left begin usually 
related to the server or external equipments :)
Have you read about how DevStack organises the logs?

- Razique

On 14 Nov 2013, at 2:15, Krishanu Dhar wrote:

> Thanks for your response. I did unstack.sh too soon and restarted
> stack.sh.  Usually a fresh stack fixes the error. But I am sure i'll 
> run
> into it again. So, can you kindly outline the high level steps i 
> should
> follow when i run into it again?
>
>
> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 3:37 PM, Razique Mahroua
> <razique.mahroua at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Try maybe a simple "nova list" from the command line with the exact 
>> same
>> credentials, try that two times and see if it's working.
>> Where are the tokens stored?
>>
>>
>> On 14 Nov 2013, at 2:03, Krishanu Dhar wrote:
>>
>> Thanks for the pointer, but the log did not help me identify why the 
>> login
>>> isn;t working. Below is a snippet from 
>>> /var/log/apache2/horizon_error.log
>>>
>>> [Thu Nov 14 10:00:54 2013] [error] REQ: curl -i -X POST
>>> http://127.0.0.1:5000/v2.0/tokens -H "Content-Type: 
>>> application/json" -H
>>> "User-Agent: python-keystoneclient"
>>> [Thu Nov 14 10:00:54 2013] [error] REQ BODY: {"auth":
>>> {"passwordCredentials": {"username": "admin", "password": "krish"}}}
>>> [Thu Nov 14 10:00:54 2013] [error]
>>> [Thu Nov 14 10:00:54 2013] [error] Starting new HTTP connection (1):
>>> 127.0.0.1
>>> [Thu Nov 14 10:00:54 2013] [error] Login failed for user "admin".
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 4:26 AM, Razique Mahroua
>>> <razique.mahroua at gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>> Check Horizon logs (/var/log/apache2/error.log usually)
>>>> you should find the exception there
>>>>
>>>> Razique
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 13 Nov 2013, at 14:46, Krishanu Dhar wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>> If I keep the open stack login page up for some time and 
>>>>> subsequently
>>>>>
>>>> when
>>>>
>>>>> i refresh the browser, above the User Name box I get to see 
>>>>> "Session
>>>>>
>>>> timed
>>>>
>>>>> out."
>>>>> Subsequently when i try to login with my credentials it says
>>>>> "An error occurred authenticating. Please try again later." and 
>>>>> does not
>>>>> allow me to login at all.
>>>>>
>>>>> Can someone help me understand what's going wrong? How do I fix 
>>>>> it? This
>>>>>
>>>> is
>>>>
>>>>> on devstack by the way.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>> krish
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Krishanu
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>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Krishanu
>>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Krishanu




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