plotman starting error

[nomadengineer]

Hello!

help please!

(venv) ubuntu@ip-172-31-31-55:~$ plotman
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/ubuntu/chia-blockchain/venv/bin/plotman", line 8, in <module>
    sys.exit(main())
  File "/home/ubuntu/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/plotman/plotman.py", line 135, in main
    cfg = configuration.get_validated_configs()
  File "/home/ubuntu/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/plotman/configuration.py", line 28, in get_validated_configs
    config_file = yaml.load(file, Loader=yaml.SafeLoader)
  File "/home/ubuntu/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/__init__.py", line 114, in load
    return loader.get_single_data()
  File "/home/ubuntu/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/constructor.py", line 49, in get_single_data
    node = self.get_single_node()
  File "/home/ubuntu/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/composer.py", line 36, in get_single_node
    document = self.compose_document()
  File "/home/ubuntu/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/composer.py", line 55, in compose_document
    node = self.compose_node(None, None)
  File "/home/ubuntu/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/composer.py", line 84, in compose_node
    node = self.compose_mapping_node(anchor)
  File "/home/ubuntu/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/composer.py", line 133, in compose_mapping_node
    item_value = self.compose_node(node, item_key)
  File "/home/ubuntu/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/composer.py", line 84, in compose_node
    node = self.compose_mapping_node(anchor)
  File "/home/ubuntu/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/composer.py", line 127, in compose_mapping_node
    while not self.check_event(MappingEndEvent):
  File "/home/ubuntu/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/parser.py", line 98, in check_event
    self.current_event = self.state()
  File "/home/ubuntu/chia-blockchain/venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/yaml/parser.py", line 438, in parse_block_mapping_key
    raise ParserError("while parsing a block mapping", self.marks[-1],
yaml.parser.ParserError: while parsing a block mapping
  in "/home/ubuntu/.config/plotman/plotman.yaml", line 18, column 9
expected <block end>, but found '<block mapping start>'
  in "/home/ubuntu/.config/plotman/plotman.yaml", line 45, column 10

> (venv) ubuntu@ip-172-31-31-55:~$ cat /home/ubuntu/.config/plotman/plotman.yaml

# Default/example plotman.yaml configuration file

# Options for display and rendering
user_interface:
        # Call out to the `stty` program to determine terminal size, instead of
        # relying on what is reported by the curses library.   In some cases,
        # the curses library fails to update on SIGWINCH signals.  If the
        # `plotman interactive` curses interface does not properly adjust when
        # you resize the terminal window, you can try setting this to True. 
        use_stty_size: True

# Where to plot and log.
directories:
        # One directory in which to store all plot job logs (the STDOUT/
        # STDERR of all plot jobs).  In order to monitor progress, plotman
        # reads these logs on a regular basis, so using a fast drive is
        # recommended.
        log: /home/ubuntu/.chia/mainnet/plot_logs

        # One or more directories to use as tmp dirs for plotting.  The
        # scheduler will use all of them and distribute jobs among them.
        # It assumes that IO is independent for each one (i.e., that each
        # one is on a different physical device).
        #
        # If multiple directories share a common prefix, reports will
        # abbreviate and show just the uniquely identifying suffix.
        tmp:
                /chia/plot-temp/tmp1

        # Optional: Allows overriding some characteristics of certain tmp
        # directories. This contains a map of tmp directory names to
        # attributes. If a tmp directory and attribute is not listed here,
        # it uses the default attribute setting from the main configuration.
        #
        # Currently support override parameters:
        #     - tmpdir_max_jobs
        tmp_overrides:
                # In this example, /mnt/tmp/00 is larger than the other tmp
                # dirs and it can hold more plots than the default.
                "/mnt/tmp/00":
                        tmpdir_max_jobs: 5

        # Optional: tmp2 directory.  If specified, will be passed to
        # chia plots create as -2.  Only one tmp2 directory is supported.
         tmp2: /chia/plot-temp/tmp2

        # One or more directories; the scheduler will use all of them.
        # These again are presumed to be on independent physical devices,
        # so writes (plot jobs) and reads (archivals) can be scheduled
        # to minimize IO contention.
        dst:
                 - /chia/farm/farm-1
                 - /chia/farm/farm-2
                 - /chia/farm/farm-3
                 - /chia/farm/farm-4
                 - /chia/farm/farm-5
                 - /chia/farm/farm-6
                 - /chia/farm/farm-7
                 - /chia/farm/farm-8

        # Archival configuration.  Optional; if you do not wish to run the
        # archiving operation, comment this section out.
        #
        # Currently archival depends on an rsync daemon running on the remote
        # host, and that the module is configured to match the local path.
        # See code for details.
        #archive:
        #        rsyncd_module: plots
        #        rsyncd_path: /plots
        #        rsyncd_bwlimit: 80000  # Bandwidth limit in KB/s
        #        rsyncd_host: myfarmer
        #        rsyncd_user: chia
                # Optional index.  If omitted or set to 0, plotman will archive
                # to the first archive dir with free space.  If specified,
                # plotman will skip forward up to 'index' drives (if they exist).
                # This can be useful to reduce io contention on a drive on the
                # archive host if you have multiple plotters (simultaneous io
                # can still happen at the time a drive fills up.)  E.g., if you
                # have four plotters, you could set this to 0, 1, 2, and 3, on
                # the 4 machines, or 0, 1, 0, 1.
                #   index: 0


# Plotting scheduling parameters
scheduling:
        # Run a job on a particular temp dir only if the number of existing jobs
        # before tmpdir_stagger_phase_major tmpdir_stagger_phase_minor
        # is less than tmpdir_stagger_phase_limit.
        # Phase major corresponds to the plot phase, phase minor corresponds to
        # the table or table pair in sequence, phase limit corresponds to
        # the number of plots allowed before [phase major, phase minor]
        tmpdir_stagger_phase_major: 2
        tmpdir_stagger_phase_minor: 1
        # Optional: default is 1
        tmpdir_stagger_phase_limit: 1

        # Don't run more than this many jobs at a time on a single temp dir.
        tmpdir_max_jobs: 3

        # Don't run more than this many jobs at a time in total.
        global_max_jobs: 12

        # Don't run any jobs (across all temp dirs) more often than this, in minutes.
        global_stagger_m: 30

        # How often the daemon wakes to consider starting a new plot job, in seconds.
        polling_time_s: 20


# Plotting parameters.  These are pass-through parameters to chia plots create.
# See documentation at
# https://github.com/Chia-Network/chia-blockchain/wiki/CLI-Commands-Reference#create
plotting:
        k: 32
        e: False             # Use -e plotting option
        n_threads: 2         # Threads per job
        n_buckets: 128       # Number of buckets to split data into
        job_buffer: 3400     # Per job memory
        # If specified, pass through to the -f and -p options.  See CLI reference.
        #   farmer_pk: ...
        #   pool_pk: ...

[XIII39]

Based on the last lines of the error you posted

in "/home/ubuntu/.config/plotman/plotman.yaml", line 18, column 9
expected , but found ''
in "/home/ubuntu/.config/plotman/plotman.yaml", line 45, column 10

It looks like the directory for the log files is either missing or does not have write access - line 18 in the plotman.yaml. I use "/home/user/chialogs" for my log files.

Off the top of my I can't remember what line 45 is but take a look and see what's missing

[altendky]

tmp2: has an extra space of indentation... This ends up causing a confusing message reference line 18 which is fine.