BOSH deployment fails with the message, "This manifest references director with UUID ignore"

Products

• Operations Manager

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

When trying to run Bosh deployment <deployment manifest>, you get the following error message:

ubuntu@pivotal-ops-manager:~$ bosh deployment /var/tempest/workspaces/default/deployments/cf-2c3ea6cf6f11d78615c3.yml

This manifest references director with UUID ignore.
Please find your director IP or hostname and target it.

 

Environment

Cause

The cause for the error is the director_uuid field in the deployment manifest file that doesn't have the UUID as expected.

ubuntu@pivotal-ops-manager:/var/tempest/workspaces/default/deployments$ grep 'uuid' cf-2c3ea6cf6f11d78615c3.yml
director_uuid: ignore

Resolution

Run bosh status --uuid to get the BOSH director's current UUID. Backup and then edit the deployment manifest file. Change the current value to the UUID value. Then, bosh deployment <deployment manifest> works.

ubuntu@pivotal-ops-manager:/var/tempest/workspaces/default/deployments$ bosh status --uuid
751d0e08-fe1f-4dc1-9575-d8ecc1eb8d4c
ubuntu@pivotal-ops-manager:/var/tempest/workspaces/default/deployments$ sudo cp -p cf-2c3ea6cf6f11d78615c3.yml cf-2c3ea6cf6f11d78615c3.yml.bak
ubuntu@pivotal-ops-manager:/var/tempest/workspaces/default/deployments$ sudo vi cf-2c3ea6cf6f11d78615c3.yml 
ubuntu@pivotal-ops-manager:/var/tempest/workspaces/default/deployments$ grep 'uuid' cf-2c3ea6cf6f11d78615c3.yml
director_uuid: 751d0e08-fe1f-4dc1-9575-d8ecc1eb8d4c
ubuntu@pivotal-ops-manager:/var/tempest/workspaces/default/deployments$ bosh deployment cf-2c3ea6cf6f11d78615c3.yml
Deployment set to '/var/tempest/workspaces/default/deployments/cf-2c3ea6cf6f11d78615c3.yml'