Re: [Starcluster] WebFeedback - cluster: StarCluster sporadically fails to mount my EBS volume Somet... [help.mit.edu #1262488]

From: Dean Snyder <no email>
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:27:26 -0400

Justin Riley wrote at 10:27 AM on Wednesday, June 16, 2010:

>Hi Dean,
>
>This "Error reading SSH protocol banner" error is related to a
>connection timeout issue. By default, the paramiko library will wait for
>15 seconds for the SSH banner to be returned by the server. If no banner
>is returned in 15 seconds, you get this error.
>
>I've increased the banner timeout to 30s in the github version of the
>code. This code will be released as 0.91.1 in the next couple of weeks.
>That being said, you should be able to test my fix for this problem by
>using the latest github code or simply copying ssh.py from the github
>code into your site-packages.
>
>If you could test this out, I'd greatly appreciate it.

After installing the new ssh.py file I was able to start up the cluster
and mount my ebs volume for the first time today. (Yesterday it worked
with the older ssh.py file.)

Thanks for you r help,

Dean A. Snyder
Senior Programmer/Analyst
Center for Inherited Disease Research (CIDR)
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Bayview Research Campus
333 Cassell Dr, Triad Bldg, Suite 2000
Baltimore, MD 21224
cell:717 668-3048 office:410-550-4629
www.cidr.jhmi.edu
Received on Wed Jun 16 2010 - 12:27:44 EDT