Unable to create azure instances using ansible.

Question

Below is the ansible version that is. been used:

ansible 2.9.17
config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg
configured module search path = ['/root/.ansible/plugins/modules', '/usr/share/ansible/plugins/modules']
ansible python module location = /usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ansible
executable location = /usr/local/bin/ansible
python version = 3.6.8 (default, Nov 16 2020, 16:55:22) [GCC 4.8.5 20150623 (Red Hat 4.8.5-44)]

Below is the error that is raised :

An exception occurred during task execution. To see the full traceback, use -vvv. The error was: json.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 3 column 1 (char 4)
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {"changed": false, "module_stderr": "Traceback (most recent call last):\n File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1631515175.731227-1724-163848420676453/AnsiballZ_azure_rm_virtualmachine.py\", line 102, in <module>\n _ansiballz_main()\n File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1631515175.731227-1724-163848420676453/AnsiballZ_azure_rm_virtualmachine.py\", line 94, in _ansiballz_main\n invoke_module(zipped_mod, temp_path, ANSIBALLZ_PARAMS)\n File \"/root/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1631515175.731227-1724-163848420676453/AnsiballZ_azure_rm_virtualmachine.py\", line 40, in invoke_module\n runpy.run_module(mod_name='ansible.modules.cloud.azure.azure_rm_virtualmachine', init_globals=None, run_name='main', alter_sys=True)\n File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 205, in run_module\n return _run_module_code(code, init_globals, run_name, mod_spec)\n File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 96, in _run_module_code\n mod_name, mod_spec, pkg_name, script_name)\n File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/runpy.py\", line 85, in _run_code\n exec(code, run_globals)\n File \"/tmp/ansible_azure_rm_virtualmachine_payload_9pmxn731/ansible_azure_rm_virtualmachine_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py\", line 2202, in <module>\n File \"/tmp/ansible_azure_rm_virtualmachine_payload_9pmxn731/ansible_azure_rm_virtualmachine_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py\", line 2198, in main\n File \"/tmp/ansible_azure_rm_virtualmachine_payload_9pmxn731/ansible_azure_rm_virtualmachine_payload.zip/ansible/modules/cloud/azure/azure_rm_virtualmachine.py\", line 901, in init\n File \"/tmp/ansible_azure_rm_virtualmachine_payload_9pmxn731/ansible_azure_rm_virtualmachine_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/azure_rm_common.py\", line 343, in init\n File \"/tmp/ansible_azure_rm_virtualmachine_payload_9pmxn731/ansible_azure_rm_virtualmachine_payload.zip/ansible/module_utils/azure_rm_common.py\", line 1215, in init\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/msrestazure/azure_active_directory.py\", line 354, in init\n self.set_token()\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/msrestazure/azure_active_directory.py\", line 366, in set_token\n self.secret\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/adal/authentication_context.py\", line 179, in acquire_token_with_client_credentials\n return self._acquire_token(token_func)\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/adal/authentication_context.py\", line 128, in _acquire_token\n return token_func(self)\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/adal/authentication_context.py\", line 177, in token_func\n return token_request.get_token_with_client_credentials(client_secret)\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/adal/token_request.py\", line 312, in get_token_with_client_credentials\n token = self._oauth_get_token(oauth_parameters)\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/adal/token_request.py\", line 112, in _oauth_get_token\n return client.get_token(oauth_parameters)\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/adal/oauth2_client.py\", line 276, in get_token\n return self._handle_get_token_response(resp.text)\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/adal/oauth2_client.py\", line 238, in _handle_get_token_response\n return self._validate_token_response(body)\n File \"/usr/local/lib/python3.6/site-packages/adal/oauth2_client.py\", line 168, in _validate_token_response\n wire_response = json.loads(body)\n File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/json/init.py\", line 354, in loads\n return _default_decoder.decode(s)\n File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/json/decoder.py\", line 339, in decode\n obj, end = self.raw_decode(s, idx=_w(s, 0).end())\n File \"/usr/lib64/python3.6/json/decoder.py\", line 358, in raw_decode\n raise JSONDecodeError(\"Expecting value\", s, err.value) from None\njson.decoder.JSONDecodeError: Expecting value: line 3 column 1 (char 4)\n", "module_stdout": "", "msg": "MODULE FAILURE\nSee stdout/stderr for the exact error", "rc": 1}