How to fix Azure Linux machine agent issue?

Question

Why does the Azure linux VM have a problem with the machine agent .. it's always unresponsive .

Created  linux VM 6 times but still the same issue.

Answer 1

Hello Raghottam M Kulkarni

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Check the machine agent logs: The first step is to check the logs of the machine agent to see if there are any error messages that might indicate the root cause of the issue.

-Ensure that the VM has a stable network connection and can communicate with the Azure portal.

-Try restarting the machine agent. You can restart the agent by running the following command:
sudo service waagent restart

To fix this issue, you can try updating the Azure Linux Agent to the latest version.
-Check the current version of the Azure Linux Agent by running below command on the virtual machine.
waagent -version

-Check if there is a newer version of the machine agent available. Upgrading to the latest version can resolve the issue. You can upgrade the agent by running the following command:

sudo waagent -force -install

-Try disabling and re-enabling the extension. This will force a fresh installation of the machine agent.

If the above mentioned steps do not solve the issue, and to further know the exact root cause of the issue, please open a azure support case for further investigation.

Hope this helps.

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