How do I resolve this error, " Unable to locate package nginx"?

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How do I resolve this error, " Unable to locate package nginx"?

Caleb Ala 75

I am trying to configure Nginx on my VM. This is in unit 3 of module 5 (Describe Azure Compute and Network Services) of the Azure900 series. I copied the code and pasted it into the Azure CLI but when i entered it, this error came up:

E: Unable to locate package nginx

tee: /var/www/html/index.html: No such file or directory

Joseph Cerezo 0 Reputation points

2023-10-06T02:48:42.2366667+00:00

Hi,

I am currently on the same step above of the same module and received the same error after using the copy and paste function provided in Step two of Task 1. Restart did not fix the error as previously recommended.

Thanks!

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Joseph Cerezo 0 Reputation points

2023-10-06T02:48:42.2366667+00:00

Hi,

I am currently on the same step above of the same module and received the same error after using the copy and paste function provided in Step two of Task 1. Restart did not fix the error as previously recommended.

Thanks!

Answer 1

shiva patpi 13,366 Microsoft Employee Moderator

@Caleb Ala

Can you try creating the new sandbox and re-run those commands ?

I just tried and it went through fine with out any issues.

Below are my screen shots:

VM Creation went through fine:

User's image

Azure Extension set also went through fine:

User's image

I just validated the path of nginx , which looks good.

Please try in a new sandbox environment, it should go through for sure !

Regards,

Shiva.

Caleb Ala 75 Reputation points

2023-10-02T20:44:39.1733333+00:00

Thank you very much. This worked.
King of Spades 0 Reputation points

2024-11-13T22:00:51.3833333+00:00

I shouldn't have to wait an hour for the sandbox to timeout to fix this. How do I fix it right away?

Answer 2

Olli Kantola 105

I solved this same issue by running each line of the bash script on their own:

az vm extension set \
  --resource-group learn-ffeca64e-2976-420c-a4fe-b83d4a789334 \
  --vm-name my-vm \
  --name customScript \
  --publisher Microsoft.Azure.Extensions \
  --version 2.1 \
  --protected-settings '{"commandToExecute": "sudo apt-get update"}'

az vm extension set \
  --resource-group learn-ffeca64e-2976-420c-a4fe-b83d4a789334 \
  --vm-name my-vm \
  --name customScript \
  --publisher Microsoft.Azure.Extensions \
  --version 2.1 \
  --protected-settings '{"commandToExecute": "sudo apt-get install -y nginx"}'

az vm extension set \
  --resource-group learn-ffeca64e-2976-420c-a4fe-b83d4a789334 \
  --vm-name my-vm \
  --name customScript \
  --publisher Microsoft.Azure.Extensions \
  --version 2.1 \
  --protected-settings '{"commandToExecute": "echo \"<html><body><h2>Welcome to Azure! My name is $(hostname).</h2></body></html>\" | sudo tee /var/www/html/index.html"}'

Kevin Savva 20 Reputation points

2024-01-16T13:36:59.94+00:00

This worked for me and I learnt something else whilst doing this :) Thank you Obviously for anyone else doing this method remember to change the resource-group value to the name you are using on your sandbox commands.
David Mann 10 Reputation points

2024-08-14T15:28:27.26+00:00

Yes, it seems that running the command "sudo apt-get update" first was necessary. After that the batch script worked.
King of Spades 0 Reputation points

2024-11-13T22:10:46.3566667+00:00

David's comment is actually the answer to this problem.

Answer 3

Lincoln G 5

I ran into the same issue; I ended up SSHing into the VM and installed NGINX with apt install; it worked with no issue when doing it that way. No idea why the extension wouldn't work for me.

Answer 4

Anonymous

I just ran in to the same issue. I then recreated a new sandbox and again hit the "Enable failed: failed to execute command: command terminated with exit status=1" error, where it was unable to locate the nginx.

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