The action CreateFpgaImage is not valid for this web service

Question

Hi there,  
  
I am using an EC2 instance (with an FPGA Developer AMI ---centos---) to build one of the cpp kernel examples. The creation of the xclbin work just fine, but when I try to run the _create_vitis_afi.sh_  script, I get the following error:  
  
**An error occurred (InvalidAction) when calling the CreateFpgaImage operation: The action CreateFpgaImage is not valid for this web service.**  
  
I am trying to obtain an _awsxclbin_ file that I can use to program an FPGA on a F1 machine.   
  
I have  admin role in the account where I tried it. I  tried in two regions: Paris and Virginia.    
  
Thanks in advance for any hint.  
  
Best,  
Medrano  
  
Edited by: medrano on Jun 14, 2020 4:14 AM

Accepted Answer

Hi Medrano,  
  
Paris (eu-west-3) isn't currently supported for F1, so the error is expected in this case.  See   for a list of supported GA regions.  
  
N. Virginia (us-east-1) _is_ supported for F1, so the error there is **not** expected.  My guess would be that the invocation of the _create-fpga-image_ call in the _create_vitis_afi.sh_ script is submitting its request to an endpoint in one of the AWS regions where F1 is **not** supported (Paris in this case, perhaps.)  
  
Are you passing an _-awsprofile_ flag to your invocation of the _create_vitis_afi.sh_ script?  If so, can you confirm that the region associated with that profile is set to us-east-1?  
  
If you're not including an _-awsprofile_ flag when you invoke the _create_vitis_afi.sh_ script, then the script will typically choose a region based on the process environment.  Can you confirm that the _AWS_DEFAULT_REGION_ environment variable is set to "us-east-1" here?  
  
Thanks,  
Eden

Answer

Thanks Eden  
That was it. The configured region.  Thanks a lot!  
  
Best,  
  
Medrano

The action CreateFpgaImage is not valid for this web service

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