# AWS encoded failure message while launching an instance

**URL:** <https://forums.suse.com/t/aws-encoded-failure-message-while-launching-an-instance/16514>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [February 5, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/aws-encoded-failure-message-while-launching-an-instance/16514 "2020-02-05T21:29:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Rajeev\_Dalavi](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/rajeev_dalavi/32/6060_2.png) [@Rajeev\_Dalavi](https://forums.suse.com/u/Rajeev_Dalavi)\
**Post date:** [February 5, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/aws-encoded-failure-message-while-launching-an-instance/16514/1 "2020-02-05T21:29:24Z")

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I am getting the below message when trying to launch an instance. As i am unable to launch the first instance itself, can someone please help me understand how to decode the message. The permissions seem to be good to launch an instance.

Launch Failed  
You are not authorized to perform this operation. Encoded authorization failure message: iDVuZCIpxknMVYZjFStqwP-kaD4g4F2IBOJqQitUX8fBMsA3CfyhbO5XR8ZrMUuBrFb09iv9qPKRmBdKqcPCCeOvLLajEanoqxc3OiuyOV8qjVK-JraUSJl5I8jIUDN40YHLiOtMzXroKUQftSVDE88Efe9BurkEwMH-Dz\_B0bwtswdghAAQx-aoGCS1-lV-PbNXJQLQI9yxBgF4YYeQsfVMNPvN9WVASmtdNchIF4U11CouzimIX5BzD6V-yqv6TSco-v8oUjFkiX-Dqqb2L1hk0pm991et7OiELRab1VaSLtOGcNsTZFxilMWeeik1o7tzkjX269R-9-LwSgnZMQ01mYTmPoaDXQdaKqgDs0PN756zJjX0wf8F0hlmvrjnll\_l2KF882v6Jrc0HEKS5vbXCNlfLCb3p21\_772kfy\_28rJ3hyGsYdXPDRL7meqWsDbEm6iPb-Glg83SufbzLHnG1bCVHhR59mN1slrOHx17furSqc4atR446DqecrfY3C\_0lPH3MxXz9cAx0cj\_k0cbW\_-PRK1c4ThuXnrsbumpFOVh2oaCsDuA7aF3P9cZ7tu9LurPx\_-jNL4zibGxFTj0M-O86v2gkTQ0GY6AgtFhqWlURaGQtEjTeRgBoBzrEmDqW0cU1QvPgLGZaXXU4ydcm4DCrB4I0vseIs76C5FDAMOUiLMf-wBwL-BeVZdLG\_MYMYHpZawnp1cigAhcZCImYvZTPD8Dj3DiqF0P2Rk7tz55wqkyjhcvHeOoi8tcysDytgliq-P-lUjTu\_TmD3Qf1aAUY30Jky3\_D94KdZU5blMyCVh2lcQ

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**Author:** ![superseb](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forums.suse.com/superseb/32/2424_2.png) [@superseb](https://forums.suse.com/u/superseb)\
**Post date:** [February 6, 2020, 11:01am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/aws-encoded-failure-message-while-launching-an-instance/16514/2 "2020-02-06T11:01:42Z")

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See [https://rancher.com/docs/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/ec2/](https://rancher.com/docs/rancher/v2.x/en/cluster-provisioning/rke-clusters/node-pools/ec2/) for the requirements and [https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/sts/decode-authorization-message.html](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/cli/latest/reference/sts/decode-authorization-message.html) how to decode the string.