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  • 1.  MAS SNO installation on AWS

    Posted 06-12-2025 20:34

    Hi All, I am using below tech note to install MAS using AWS single node approach. 

    Save Costs with Single Node OpenShift Deployments of IBM Maximo on AWS | Amazon Web Services

    I followed all the prerequisites per this note. However, I am encountering the following errors when creating the OpenShift cluster on using mas provision-aws command.

    FAILED - RETRYING: [localhost]: ipi : Create cluster (4 retries left).

    FAILED - RETRYING: [localhost]: ipi : Create cluster (3 retries left).

    Upon checking my AWS console, it is creating multiple VPCs may be due to retrying. 

    Here is my AWS Cluster Configuration 
    Cluster Name - maximodemo
    AWS Region - XXXX
    AWS Base Domain - dummydomain.com
     
    This dummydomain.com is already existing in AWS which is used for other resources. Once mas provision command fails it creates another DNS by combining cluster name and AWS Base domain ie maximodemo.dummydomain.com. 

    Any thoughts on what should I be checking? Thanks

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  • 2.  RE: MAS SNO installation on AWS

    Posted 8 days ago

    I'd check Route 53 first. Then I'd make sure your AWX credentials have the proper access. 

    For OpenShift IPI on AWS, the **base domain must already exist as a valid Route 53 hosted zone**, and the installer will create the cluster subdomain records under:

    cluster-name.base-domain
    Example: maximodemo.dummydomain.com

    So that part is expected. IBM's AWS install docs note that MAS/OpenShift uses a public hosted zone for cluster access/DNS routing. 

    I'd suggest checking:

    aws route53 list-hosted-zones | grep dummydomain.com

    Then confirm the zone is in the same AWS account being used by mas provision-aws.

    The multiple VPCs are likely from repeated installer retries/failures where cleanup did not complete. I'd clean up any failed cluster resources before re-running, or use a fresh unique cluster name.

    I would also verify that dummydomain.com is not just used by other resources, but is actually delegated correctly in Route 53 and can support a new child cluster domain.

    Most likely issue:
    DNS/base domain hosted zone mismatch
    stale failed install resources, or
    the AWS credentials don't have full permissions to manage DNS resources.



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