I am getting error while doing the exercise

Question

Hi, I am going through the exercise and under Task 1: Access your web server there is a task to run this command curl --connect-timeout 5 http://$IPADDRESS While running this, I am getting the below error message curl: (3) URL rejected: No host part in the URL When I ran the previous command IPADDRESS="$(az vm list-ip-addresses --resource-group "learn-769709c6-98db-4521-9b80-f495f9f16ef4" --name my-vm --query "[].virtualMachine.network.publicIpAddresses[*].ipAddress" --output tsv)" after running I tried to see the IP address but using the command "echo" the response was blank please suggest how do I proceed further

Answer 1

Hi @06692725

Based on my understanding of the issue, you're practicing the following Learning Path exercise:

Section: Describe Azure architecture and services

Module: Describe Azure compute and networking Azure

Unit 3: Exercise - Create an Azure Virtual Machine

Unit 9: Exercise -configure network access.

Why am I receiving a curl: (7) Failed to connect to xx.xxx.xx.xx port 80 after 1 ms: Couldn't connect to server error?

You could have a Network Security Group preventing inbound traffic on port 80, or the Virtual Machine itself could have a configuration issue where it's not listening on that port.

Please correct me if you are referring to a different exercise.

Was the sandbox still active when you copy/pasted the above command into the cloud shell?

It is intended for you to activate a new sandbox and complete all of the tasks in Unit 3 (earlier exercise) and Unit 9 (exercise you are referring to) in less than 1 hour. The sandbox expires after an hour and all the resources are deleted automatically.

If you scroll back up to the top of the exercise you can see the remaining time before the sandbox expires.

Please go back to Unit 3 Exercise, activate a new sandbox, perform all of the tasks, jump to Unit 9 Exercise, perform all of the tasks, and then reply back with your results.

Unit 3:Exercise - Create an Azure Virtual Machine Task 1: Create a Linux virtual machine and install Nginx: step 1

step 2

Unit 9 : Exercise - Configure network access. Task 1: Access your web server step1 & step2

& step3 Task 2: List the current network security group rules

Task 3: Create the network security rule

We have tried multiple times to reproduce the issue, but we haven't faced any error.

Additionally reference thread link:

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/1340660/azure-fundamentals-exercise-configure-network-acce

If you are still running into this issue after completing the prerequisite, post a comment to let us know and we'll continue to troubleshoot this.

Complete the prerequisite less than an hour before working on this unit so that your VM isn't automatically deleted.

If the issue persists, please reach out to us.