server create timeout

[lmilbaum]

This is my command:
knife softlayer server create
-H test -D sookka.co.il
--flavor m1.tiny
--os-code UBUNTU_14_64
--datacenter ams01
--node-name server1
--ssh-user ubuntu
--ssh-keys 713361
-i ~/.ssh/sl_rsa.pem
--new-global-ip v4
--config config.rb

This is my config.rb file

log_level :info
log_location STDOUT
client_key "#{current_dir}/keys/liora.pem"
chef_server_url "https://api.opscode.com/organizations/lmb"
cookbook_path ["#{current_dir}/chef-repo/cookbooks/"]
role_path ["#{current_dir}/chef-repo/roles/"]
node_name "liora"

knife[:softlayer_username] = ENV['SOFTLAYER_USERNAME']
knife[:softlayer_api_key] = ENV['SOFTLAYER_API_KEY']

The command timeouts after 600 seconds and the ssh command using the sl_rsa key is not working. It requires ubuntu's password.

What have I done wrong?

[lmilbaum]

During the knife run, I hit the next error multiple times:
root@159.8.52.138's password: stty: stdin isn't a terminal
stty: stdin isn't a terminal
...............stty: stdin isn't a terminal

The plugin ignores the ssh-user flag.
I can ssh to the new created server with the command: ssh -i ~/.ssh/sl_rsa.pem root@

Why root and not ubuntu?