create VPC in salt using boto.vpc - amazon-web-services

Question

I’m pretty close to having a vpc created I think. I’m running into an error applying it. It may have to do with an outdated boto module in python.
This is what I get when I try to apply the state:
[root#salt dlab]# salt '*' state.apply
salt.localdomain:
----------
ID: Ensure VPC exists
Function: boto_vpc.present
Name: myvpc
Result: False
Comment: State 'boto_vpc.present' was not found in SLS 'vpc'
Reason: 'boto_vpc' __virtual__ returned False
Changes:
Summary for salt.localdomain
------------
Succeeded: 0
Failed: 1
------------
Total states run: 1
Total run time: 0.000 ms
ERROR: Minions returned with non-zero exit code
I can see the module with the show_top command:
[root#salt ~]# salt '*' state.show_top
salt.localdomain:
----------
dlab:
- vpc
This is what I have in my top file:
[root#salt ~]# cat /srv/salt/dlab/top.sls
dlab:
'*':
- vpc
And this is all I have in my init:
[root#salt ~]# cat /srv/salt/dlab/vpc/init.sls
Ensure VPC exists:
boto_vpc.present:
- name: myvpc
- cidr_block: 10.10.11.0/24
- dns_hostnames: True
- region: us-east-1
- keyid: removed
- key: removed
Again, the reason for the error may be due to an old boto library. This is the version that I have:
[root#salt ~]# pip list | grep boto
boto (2.42.0)
botocore (1.4.60)
But the code specifies a newer version:
required_boto_version = '2.8.0'
boto_vpc documentation
I tried to upgrade the version of boto that I was using with the following command:
[root#salt ~]# pip install boto --upgrade
Requirement already up-to-date: boto in /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages
But that’s the response I get. Any ideas on how I can get the required version? I'm using this on CentOS 7.

Answer 1

Make sure you have installed the boto and boto3 modules.
I had the same error, but once installed both modules, it got fixed.