[Fab-user] Trouble using fabric with EC2

[Matt Calder]

Hi,

I am having problems using fabric with EC2 instances. I am not
entirely sure fabric is even the source of the problem, but I am
hoping someone on this list can suggest a solution or a path to
investigate. Here is the problem. I start an EC2 instance using boto.
I wait for the instance to report its state as "running". I wait an
addition 60 seconds after that. Then I try to "run" things on the
instance through fabric. At that point I get:

 address@hidden run: ls

Fatal error: Timed out trying to connect to
ec2-174-129-96-241.compute-1.amazonaws.com

Aborting.

Now, the interesting thing is this. During that additional 60 second
wait I can log into the instance from a separate terminal, moreover,
when I do that separate login, the fabric login succeeds.

Obviously, there is not a lot to go on here, but I am not entirely
sure what additional information would be helpful. If anyone has a
suggestion of what I might try to do, I would greatly appreciate it.
Thanks,

Matt