az vm start cli command starts the linux VM but doesnt exit rather it hangs forever

Question

Azure CLI command to start a linux VM in Azure does not exit but rather gets stuck (forever). Do we know if thats a limitation with cli or am I missing something here? Thanks for the help

Answer 1

@Rathnam Karthik

I just tested my Linux VM by executing the az vm start command. It completed in about 2 minutes and exited. It is possible that there is some issue with your VM that is preventing it from starting.

If you don't want to wait for the VM to fully start before exiting the command you can add the --no-wait y option.

To troubleshoot specific VM state issues, see Troubleshoot Windows VM deployments and Troubleshoot Linux VM deployments.

Hope this helps. Let me know if you are still facing issues with this VM and we will be happy to assist.

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