No www directory created after running az vm extension set.......

Question

In 'Describe Azure compute and networking services' Unit 3 exercise 'Create a Virtual Machine' after following the instructions to create virtual machine, and later installing and configuring Nginx server, the server is not even installed. I tried looking at the www directory if created but there is no such directory. I have tried this 3-4 times but the same result.

Answer 1

Hello, @Dr. Dheeraj Rane !

Deleting the VM and recreating it usually resolves rare issues with external dependencies and completing unit 9 Exercise - Configure network access may be required for actions outside of the instructions that require network access.

Where am I seeing this?

• Subject: Exam AZ-900: Microsoft Azure Fundamentals
• Learning Path: Azure Fundamentals: Describe Azure architecture and services
• Module: Describe Azure compute and networking services
• Unit: 3 of 14 Exercise - Create an Azure Virtual Machine

Why am I unable to see the VM after creating it?

This unit has some external dependencies which can fail on rare occasion. Deleting the virtual machine and trying again (or waiting for a new sandbox) usually resolves the problem. The command to do that is this az vm delete:

az vm delete \
    --resource-group myResourceGroup \
    --name myVM \
    --force-deletion none

In practice, that looks more like this (you'll need to use your own resource group):

az vm delete \
    --resource-group learn-12abcdef-gh34-5i67-a1b2-3456789cd012 \
    --name my-vm \
    --force-deletion none

If successful, you should see something like this:

Note that network access to this VM is configured in unit 9 Exercise - Configure network access. If you are still running into issues, let us know in the comments.

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