# VM Instantiate failed

**URL:** <https://forum.opennebula.io/t/vm-instantiate-failed/4799>\
**Category:** Product Support\
**Created:** [August 23, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/vm-instantiate-failed/4799 "2017-08-23T07:26:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![athithya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dc4da7/32.png) [@athithya](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/athithya)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 7:26am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/vm-instantiate-failed/4799/1 "2017-08-23T07:26:51Z")

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Wed Aug 23 12:07:55 2017 [Z0][DiM][I]: New VM state is ACTIVE.  
Wed Aug 23 12:07:56 2017 [Z0][LCM][I]: New VM state is PROLOG.  
Wed Aug 23 12:07:56 2017 [Z0][TM][I]: Command execution fail: /var/lib/one/remotes/tm/shared/clone sakthi-Inspiron-N5110:/var/lib/one/datastores/1/d6758d164f0f4746d1643e86ac1669ce localhost:/var/lib/one//datastores/0/4/disk.0 4 1  
Wed Aug 23 12:07:56 2017 [Z0][TM][I]: clone: Cloning /var/lib/one/datastores/1/d6758d164f0f4746d1643e86ac1669ce in localhost:/var/lib/one//datastores/0/4/disk.0  
Wed Aug 23 12:07:56 2017 [Z0][TM][E]: clone: Command “cd /var/lib/one/datastores/0/4; cp /var/lib/one/datastores/1/d6758d164f0f4746d1643e86ac1669ce /var/lib/one/datastores/0/4/disk.0” failed: Warning: Permanently added ‘localhost’ (ECDSA) to the list of known hosts.  
Wed Aug 23 12:07:56 2017 [Z0][TM][I]: Permission denied, please try again.  
Wed Aug 23 12:07:56 2017 [Z0][TM][I]: Permission denied, please try again.  
Wed Aug 23 12:07:56 2017 [Z0][TM][I]: Permission denied (publickey,password).  
Wed Aug 23 12:07:56 2017 [Z0][TM][E]: Error copying sakthi-Inspiron-N5110:/var/lib/one/datastores/1/d6758d164f0f4746d1643e86ac1669ce to localhost:/var/lib/one//datastores/0/4/disk.0  
Wed Aug 23 12:07:56 2017 [Z0][TM][I]: ExitCode: 255  
Wed Aug 23 12:07:56 2017 [Z0][TM][E]: Error executing image transfer script: Error copying sakthi-Inspiron-N5110:/var/lib/one/datastores/1/d6758d164f0f4746d1643e86ac1669ce to localhost:/var/lib/one//datastores/0/4/disk.0  
Wed Aug 23 12:07:57 2017 [Z0][DiM][I]: New VM state is FAILED

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**Author:** ![marcindulak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a3d4f5/32.png) [@marcindulak](https://forum.opennebula.io/u/marcindulak)\
**Post date:** [August 23, 2017, 8:08am UTC](https://forum.opennebula.io/t/vm-instantiate-failed/4799/2 "2017-08-23T08:08:00Z")

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Is ssh key-based authentication working?  
[http://docs.opennebula.org/5.4/deployment/node\_installation/kvm\_node\_installation.html#step-4-configure-passwordless-ssh](http://docs.opennebula.org/5.4/deployment/node_installation/kvm_node_installation.html#step-4-configure-passwordless-ssh)