Azure Runbooks
Azure VMs, AKS, App Service, and identity failures inside Microsoft Azure.
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az vm create returns An operation on target allocation failed
VM powerState shows stopped (deallocated) without manual action
SSH connection times out despite VM having a public IP
HTTP 403 Forbidden when accessing a blob URL
az storage account delete returns The resource is locked and cannot be deleted
Client error: Cannot open server. Login failed. Client IP not allowed
az login --service-principal fails with AADSTS7000222 or invalid client secret
az vm show returns ProvisioningState = Creating for over 15 minutes
az vm show disk state shows Attaching for more than 5 minutes
kubectl get nodes shows NotReady for nodes in a specific pool
Pod events show Failed to pull image: unauthorized
HTTP 503 returned on the default .azurewebsites.net domain
App recycles every few minutes with no code change
az webapp deployment slot swap returns a conflict error
Query timeout errors (timeout expired) from the application
First query after idle period takes 30-60 seconds (cold start)
VMs in peered VNets cannot reach each other
nslookup for a private endpoint FQDN returns NXDOMAIN from a VM in the VNet
Application throws ClientAuthenticationError: ManagedIdentityCredential authentication failed
az keyvault secret show returns Forbidden: insufficient permissions
Undelete blob returns a version that does not match the expected data
New pods stuck in Pending with FailedScheduling: no IP addresses available
az aks show returns provisioningState = Upgrading for more than 30 minutes
VMs in a subnet cannot reach the internet or other subnets