Unable to install databricks free trial on AWS

[HemanthG]

I was trying to install databricks on AWS using these instructions "https://docs.databricks.com/en/admin/workspace/quick-start.html#use-aws-quickstart-to-create-a-datab.... But when CloudFormation Template stack executed "createCredentials" and "createStorageConfiguration" failed with below error:

[ERROR] 2024-07-11T09:30:48.464Z 2e51ae10-646f-4029-b726-2e1fc414a6fa Exception: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/task/rest_client.py", line 52, in handler
post_result = create_storage_configurations(
File "/var/task/rest_client.py", line 196, in create_storage_configurations
response = post_request(URL, DATA, encodedbase64, user_agent, version)
File "/var/task/rest_client.py", line 333, in post_request
data = resp.json()
File "/var/task/requests/models.py", line 898, in json
return complexjson.loads(self.text, **kwargs)
File "/var/lang/lib/python3.8/json/__init__.py", line 357, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "/var/lang/lib/python3.8/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
File "/var/lang/lib/python3.8/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

[Rishabh_Tiwari]

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[rseshadri]

I am facing the same error when installing the Databricks in AWS, Please find attached the error below and help 

[ERROR] 2024-10-08T12:11:56.458Z ad8dd24a-67ec-4941-8096-3f8d883994b2 Exception: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/var/task/rest_client.py", line 75, in handler
post_result = create_workspaces(
File "/var/task/rest_client.py", line 280, in create_workspaces
response = post_request(URL, DATA, encodedbase64, user_agent, version)
File "/var/task/rest_client.py", line 333, in post_request
data = resp.json()
File "/var/task/requests/models.py", line 898, in json
return complexjson.loads(self.text, **kwargs)
File "/var/lang/lib/python3.8/json/__init__.py", line 357, in loads
return _default_decoder.decode(s)
File "/var/lang/lib/python3.8/json/decoder.py", line 337, in decode
obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())
File "/var/lang/lib/python3.8/json/decoder.py", line 355, in raw_decode
raise JSONDecodeError("Expecting value", s, err.value) from None
json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 1 column 1 (char 0)

[szymon_dybczak]

Hi @rseshadri ,

I'm more familiar with Azure, but this error is most commonly caused by entering the wrong credentials in the Cloudformation template.

Try to launch the Quickstart again from the Databricks Account Console and double check that you enter the email/password of your Databricks account in the Cloudformation template.

Be aware that the browser will often try to auto-fill these fields with the AWS credentials, so please double check the fields.