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I am trying to run the exercise titled "Create an Azure virtual machine" in the sandbox environment but it continually gives me an AuthorizationFailed message as if I am trying to spin up a VM for real in my "real" account.
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Hi,
There is a bug in the exercise whereby the code blocks have "[sandbox resource group name]" instead of the correct name similar to "learn-0ac1d87f-a26e-1028-ec61-3b28ce1d6393". It is essential that the commands you use have the correct resource group name since you only have permission to the learn-xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx group and cannot create a new resource group.
Please use instructions below to workaround the issue.
Please navigate to the Create an Azure virtual machine exercise, Solve puzzle as requested, Activate a new sandbox, sign in, review permissions, etc. Once sandbox is activated and black cloud shell window with "Welcome to Azure Cloud Shell" displayed, navigate to Exercise - Configure network access using the "Unit x of 14" dropdown above the exercise.
After page loads and resource group name is updated to learn-, immediately navigate back to Create an Azure virtual machine exercise, solve puzzle, etc., and complete exercise. Please make sure you click the Copy button in upper right of each code block, right-click Paste into Cloud Shell window on right, then press Enter to execute command.
Inspiration for above workaround came from @pnaroju's #2 suggestion in this post.
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Thanks.
-TP
Thank you. That did not work, but the thread you linked to showed me how to find the other resource group that was running. Once I got the correct resource group ID I was able to paste it into the code block (instead of the default) and then the exercise was able to continue.
@Rob Elliott Thanks for the followup. Sometimes clicking back and waiting for page to load, then returning to the exercise will make it load the resource group name properly. I just tested the technique again before posting my answer to you.
Of course as you saw, you can retrieve group name and manually use it as well. I have other posts I've done in the past where I gave the person that solution. Either is fine, just a little more work to manually put the group name in. Below is one such example:
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Thank you.
@Rob Elliott I forgot to mention. You need to complete both Configure an Azure virtual machine exercise and the Configure network access exercise before the sandbox expires.
If you don't complete both before sandbox expires, you must activate a new sandbox, complete the first exercise and then you can complete the second exercise.
The instructions on how to create a new sandbox are not at all clear. I logged out, cleared my cache, quit my browser, restarted my machine, etc. However, there are no instructions on how to stop or restart the sandbox, which is quite odd given that this is a Learn module targeted at absolute beginners.
@Rob Elliott I agree with you, it has gotten too complex.
Because of automated abuse by bad actors, they have made it more complicated than it used to be. The solving of the puzzle adds multiple steps unfortunately.
On top of that the experience can vary depending on type of account, whether sandbox is already running, and other factors.
The sandbox automatically expires after 1 hour (in this module). There is no way I'm aware of to manually terminate it. You can exit out of the cloud shell window, but the sandbox subscription is still running/active in the cloud.
I think what they are trying to do is give you a real Azure environment to execute commands in, without requiring all of the normal identification/verification/payment while still preventing abuse by hackers. This is a challenge.
I found the correct resource group ID from my Azure portal and substituted that in the copy/paste code blocks from the Exercises. Doing so allowed me to complete the Exercises.
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