Configure Network Access Exercise broken

Question

There is something wrong with the instructions on this page:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/training/modules/describe-azure-compute-networking-services/9-exercise-configure-network-access

None of the commands produce any results.

Task 1

Step 1: This does nothing.

Step 2: I get below error:

Step 3: returns nothing

When I enter below command it returns blank. Shouldn't this return "my-vm"?

$ az vm list

But I do return the same resource group with following command:

$ az group list

Task 2

I think the wrong NSG is listed. For me, the correct name is below:

Step 1: this step includes the wrong resource group: "learn...". It should be "SandboxNSGs" instead.

Step 2: This command returns an error if I use provided Resource Group.

Step 3: returns same error as above

Every other step on this page returns similar errors.

Answer 1

Hello, @Ryan Daulton !

I just ran through this successfully myself but there are many things that can go wrong during setup that would result in the error you are seeing (some as a result of external dependencies, some as a result of changing values or a typo while completing the exercise). If you repeat the exercise using copy/paste, you should see the expected result.

I'd be happy to do some additional troubleshooting if you can provide a copy/paste of the setup commands you used leading up to this point in Exercise - Create an Azure Virtual Machine and Exercise - Configure 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: 9 of 14 Exercise - Configure network access

Why am I getting a curl: (3) URL using bad/illegal format or missing URL error?

This is usually caused by a sandbox that has expired since you ran unit 3 Exercise - Create an Azure Virtual Machine to create the required VM less than an hour ago, an error from an external dependency when the VM was created, or a typo when creating the VM. The most reliable way to address this error is to repeat unit 3 and unit 9 using the Copy command in the exercise.

Even in running this exercise myself, I ran into an error when creating the VM. When running the commands a second time, I was able to complete both exercises successfully and got both of the expected results from curl --connect-timeout 5 http://$IPADDRESS:

The first run:

The second run:

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