C2W1 Lab 3: An error occurred (InvalidAccessKeyId) when calling the CreateBucket operation

Course Q&A Data Engineering Source Systems, Data Ingestion, and Pipelines
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I allowed my first lab attempt to time out. Pressed the ‘reboot’ button and reopened the lab. Upon running this line of code:
create_s3_bucket(bucket_name=BUCKET_NAME, region=AWS_DEFAULT_REGION)

I received this error response:
An error occurred: An error occurred (InvalidAccessKeyId) when calling the CreateBucket operation: The AWS Access Key Id you provided does not exist in our records.

All the preceding code works up until this point except the code used to produce the **AWS Console link produces a link, but clicking on the link does nothing.

Another problem**: clicking on ‘reboot’ in coursera now does nothing. the button indicates there is no way to interact with it: no hover, nothing happens when clicked, it just looks like a picture.

Attempted Solutions:
I tried clearing my cache, cookies, re-opening the lab, changing browsers, logging out and in, restarting my computer, and all those same problems persist producing the same results.

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@shawnnix Hi! After rebooting did you run all the cells from the beginning?

** About “reboot” button problem - it’s a Coursera UI problem. Have you tried to contact Coursera support?

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Yes after rebooting, yes, I ran all the cells from the start.

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I also contacted Coursera for support on the reboot button and they haven’t responded.

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@shawnnix Coursera has their own support team. We can’t help with that.

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Okay, maybe you can’t help with the reboot button, but what about the error the lab is producing? That isn’t Coursera’s fault.

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@shawnnix My guess is either you missed one of the previous cells, or your credentials expired and you need to reboot the lab.

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Coursera responded and directed me to a second reboot button located from inside the lab inside the help button in the top-right. After the reboot, the lab is now working properly. Thanks for your help!

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@shawnnix glad you figured this out