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az vm create : Invalid base64-encoded string: number of data characters (17) cannot be 1 more than a multiple of 4

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As I am trying out to create new VM using azure CLI, it is throwing error in my bash and command window as shown below

az vm create --resource-group "learnVMResourceGroup" --name "learnVM" --image UbuntuLTS --admin-username "learnadmin" --generate-ssh-keys
ERROR: Invalid base64-encoded string: number of data characters (17) cannot be 1 more than a multiple of 4

Steps:

Logged in to my account using az login
Trying to create vm using az vm create --resource-group "learnVMResourceGroup" --name "learnVM" --image UbuntuLTS --admin-username "learnadmin" --generate-ssh-keys

Azure CLI Version : 2.34.1

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Created a year ago
Comments:10 (5 by maintainers)

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SaurabhSharma-MSFTcommented, Apr 5, 2022

@piyushsh We are looking into it and get back to you for any additional information.

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piyushshcommented, Apr 26, 2022

@zhoxing-ms It worked, so closing this issue. Thanks for the help.

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