Symptoms

  1. Test connection for Amazon Web Services package fails with error No valid API Access Key provided.

  2. Following error appears in /var/log/httpd/aws_error.log on AWS Endpoint host:

    [Sat Mar 31 12:31:38.502450 2018] [cgi:error] [pid 64341] [client 192.0.2.2:38930] AH01215: APS-aws[53699]: d5673509-a791-40a0-a1dd-639f600f0ac8 A:1-S:1 Application instance for: 656914428934
[Sat Mar 31 12:31:38.511357 2018] [cgi:error] [pid 64341] [client 192.0.2.2:38930] AH01215: APS-aws[53699]: d5673509-a791-40a0-a1dd-639f600f0ac8 A:1-S:1 Request URL: GET https://api.cloudcheckr.com/api/billing.json/get_custom_billing_charges_v2?access_key=xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx&use_aws_account_id=123456789101
[Sat Mar 31 12:31:40.282022 2018] [cgi:error] [pid 64341] [client 192.0.2.2:38930] AH01215: APS-aws[53699]: d5673509-a791-40a0-a1dd-639f600f0ac8 A:1-S:1 Response Code: 401
[Sat Mar 31 12:31:40.282101 2018] [cgi:error] [pid 64341] [client 192.0.2.2:38930] AH01215: APS-aws[53699]: d5673509-a791-40a0-a1dd-639f600f0ac8 A:1-S:1 Response Body: {"ErrorCode":"Unauthorized","ErrorMessage":"No valid API Access Key provided"}
[Sat Mar 31 12:31:40.282157 2018] [cgi:error] [pid 64341] [client 192.0.2.2:38930] AH01215: APS-aws[53699]: d5673509-a791-40a0-a1dd-639f600f0ac8 A:1-S:1 CloudCheckr\\Components\\Billing::get_custom_billing_charges_v2 d5673509-a791-40a0-a1dd-639f600f0ac8 HTTP Code: 401 - No valid API Access Key provided
[Sat Mar 31 12:31:40.282229 2018] [cgi:error] [pid 64341] [client 192.0.2.2:38930] AH01215: [2018/03/31 09:31:40] aps-runtime-error: {"code":401,"error":"CloudCheckr::Exceptions::CloudCheckrException","message":"Unauthorized: {\\"message\\":\\"No valid API Access Key provided\\",\\"variables\\":{\\"ErrorCode\\":\\"Unauthorized\\",\\"ErrorMessage\\":\\"No valid API Access Key provided\\"}}"}

Cause

The issue could be caused by two reasons:

  • Incorrect API key is used for integration.
  • Software issue. Incorrect API URl is used for sending API request. Cloudcheckr service has some regional restrictions related to API access. Accounts from EU region must use URL https://eu.cloudcheckr.com/ when accessing the API.

Resolution

  1. Check access with actual API key (used for integration), for example:

    [root@somehost ~]# curl 'https://api.cloudcheckr.com/api/billing.json/get_custom_billing_charges_v2?access_key=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBXXXXXXXXXXXXYYYYYYYYYYZZZZ&use_aws_account_id=123456789101'
{"ErrorCode":"Unauthorized","ErrorMessage":"No valid API Access Key provided"}

    Where AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBXXXXXXXXXXXXYYYYYYYYYYZZZZ - API integration key and 123456789101 - account ID.

  2. If connection connection works fine with same API key for https://eu.cloudcheckr.com/(like on example below) it is required to update Application Instance parameters

    [root@somehost ~]# curl 'https://eu.cloudcheckr.com/api/billing.json/get_custom_billing_charges_v2?access_key=AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBXXXXXXXXXXXXYYYYYYYYYYZZZZ&use_aws_account_id=123456789101'
{"CustomBillingCharges":[]}

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