# Inference self-hosted (aws, gcp) server not starting up in wsl

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**Created:** [March 14, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/inference-self-hosted-aws-gcp-server-not-starting-up-in-wsl/9021 "2025-03-14T03:23:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Carlos\_Garmon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/carlos_garmon/32/6865_2.png) [@Carlos\_Garmon](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/Carlos_Garmon)\
**Post date:** [March 14, 2025, 3:23am UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/inference-self-hosted-aws-gcp-server-not-starting-up-in-wsl/9021/1 "2025-03-14T03:23:50Z")

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Hi,  
Whenever I try to deploy Inference on my AWS or GCP accounts using skypilot (as described in [AWS - Roboflow Inference](https://inference.roboflow.com/install/cloud/aws/)) using the command : inference cloud deploy --provider aws --compute-type gpu  
The terminal returns: Command failed. Cause: name ‘sky’ is not defined

I’m running Ubuntu 24.04 on WSL. Created a venv using python-3.10.12

- \*\*Project Type: Segmentation
- \*\*Operating System & Browser: Ubuntu WSL on Windows 11

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**Author:** ![Lake](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/lake/32/4110_2.png) [@Lake](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/Lake)\
**Post date:** [March 18, 2025, 3:48pm UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/inference-self-hosted-aws-gcp-server-not-starting-up-in-wsl/9021/2 "2025-03-18T15:48:06Z")

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Hi there, is your project type Semantic Segmentation? Unfortunately this project type is not yet supported in our inference package.

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**Author:** ![Carlos\_Garmon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/user_avatar/discuss.roboflow.com/carlos_garmon/32/6865_2.png) [@Carlos\_Garmon](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/Carlos_Garmon)\
**Post date:** [March 23, 2025, 5:55pm UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/inference-self-hosted-aws-gcp-server-not-starting-up-in-wsl/9021/3 "2025-03-23T17:55:54Z")

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No it’s instance segmentation. But I can’t even deploy the instance in AWS… I tried using Ubuntu and still having the same issue. The only difference it makes it prints the message “Matplotlib is building the font cache; this may take a moment.” before printing the same “Command failed. Cause: name ‘sky’ is not defined”.  
I fear I’m overlooking something from the basic setup.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex029/uploads/roboflow1/original/1X/bb6edbfa56d0cf2ee603f061e9e09103502cc8cc.png) [@system](https://discuss.roboflow.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 13, 2025, 5:56pm UTC](https://discuss.roboflow.com/t/inference-self-hosted-aws-gcp-server-not-starting-up-in-wsl/9021/4 "2025-04-13T17:56:29Z")

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