aws ec2 modify-image-attribute appears broken in 0.6.0

[nonspecialist]

Given an existing AMI:

aws ec2 modify-image-attribute \
    --image-id ami-d00dbeef --launch-permission '{"add":[{"user_id":"123456789012"}]}'

returns the error:

{
    "Response": {
        "Errors": {
            "Error": {
                "Message": "Value (<bound method ListParameter) for parameter QueryStringParameter is invalid. Invalid or illegal XML character specified", 
                "Code": "InvalidParameterValue"
            }
        }, 
    "RequestID": "232bab5b-71d4-4bdd-b6df-0e58a3c199ed"
    }
}

Attempting to use the other method (as half-documented in the help) gives a different error:

aws ec2 modify-image-attribute \
    --image-id ami-d00dbeef \
    --operation-type add --user-ids 0123456789012

"Error": {
    "Message": "An internal error has occurred", 
    "Code": "InternalError"
}

Note this error occurs whether you use a single user ID, or a list (of the form '["0123456789012"]' )

[garnaat]

The first issue is the result of a bug in botocore which was fixed in boto/botocore@bd47fc7.

The second issue is a bit more mysterious and we are still investigating. Thanks for reporting it.

[garnaat]

For the second issue, I have found that this incantation does work:

aws ec2 modify-image-attribute \
--image-id ami-d00dbeef \
--operation-type add --user-ids 0123456789012 \
--attribute launchPermission

Does that work for you?

[nonspecialist]

Yes, thanks -- using awscli 0.7.0 all is well