Stuck on Cloud Quest Create an AI Smart Assistant Practice Lab (Generative AI Practitioner)

This is a known issue with AWS Cloud Quest lab environments where the permissions or configurations don't always align perfectly with the current AWS console experience.

The error you're encountering when trying to create a knowledge base with OpenSearch Serverless in the Generative AI Practitioner Cloud Quest is likely due to permission restrictions in the lab environment. Cloud Quest labs typically have pre-configured resources and restricted permissions to provide specific learning experiences while maintaining security.

Here are some suggestions to help you proceed:

1. Try restarting the lab completely (not just repeating the steps). Sometimes this can reset any underlying configuration issues.

2. Double-check that you're following the lab instructions exactly as provided. Cloud Quest often uses specific naming conventions or pre-configured resources.

3. If the instructions mention that you can ignore certain errors, try proceeding to the next step to see if the lab will validate your progress despite the error.

4. Try waiting a few minutes before retrying the operation. Sometimes there are background processes that need to complete.

If you continue to experience issues after trying these steps, you may need to contact AWS Cloud Quest support as this could be a bug in the lab environment that requires their attention. Unfortunately, in most lab environments like Cloud Quest, you cannot modify the permissions or roles assigned to you as they are pre-configured for the specific tasks of the quest.

Remember that the purpose of Cloud Quest is to learn about AWS services in a guided environment, and the tasks are designed to be completable with the given permissions.
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Hello Yosef,

I am also able to reproduce the issue you're experiencing with the OpenSearch Serverless collection creation. I've reached out to our internal team to get this fixed as soon as possible.

I'll keep you updated on the progress and let you know once we have a resolution in place.

Thanks for your patience while we work on this.

Hello Yosef,

Thank you for your patience while we worked on resolving the OpenSearch Serverless collection creation issue.

I'm pleased to let you know that our internal team has fixed the lab environment and you should now be able to create the index successfully.

Please go ahead and try the lab again. If you encounter any issues, just let me know and I'll be happy to help.