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## region error

[root@vendoronsite ~]# salt-cloud -p base_ec2_private USAWSCD.us.company.com
Usage: salt-cloud

salt-cloud: error: There was a profile error: The specified availability zone isn't valid in this region: us-east-1

## cloud providers definition

  location: us-east-1
  availability_zone: us-east-1a


## if I list regions this is what I see
[root@vendoronsite ~]# salt-cloud --list-locations my-ec2-us-east-public-ips|grep east
my-ec2-us-east-public-ips:
        ap-northeast-1:
                ec2.ap-northeast-1.amazonaws.com
                ap-northeast-1
        ap-northeast-2:
                ec2.ap-northeast-2.amazonaws.com
                ap-northeast-2
        ap-southeast-1:
                ec2.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com
                ap-southeast-1
        ap-southeast-2:
                ec2.ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com
                ap-southeast-2
        sa-east-1:
                ec2.sa-east-1.amazonaws.com
                sa-east-1
        us-east-1:
                ec2.us-east-1.amazonaws.com
                us-east-1