Error from Container Apps- Failed to connect to MSI. Please make sure MSI is configured correctly.

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Related command

az login --identity

Describe the bug

Running azure-cli in ContainerApps with MSI, both System assigned and User assigned, but az login --identity failed with 405.

Failed to connect to MSI. Please make sure MSI is configured correctly.
Get Token request returned: <Response [405]>

To Reproduce

1. Prepare ResourceGroup foo.
2. Prepare ContainerApps Environment bar.
3. Save YAML as follows, please replace xxxx with your subscription id.

kind: containerapp
location: japaneast
name: azure-cli
resourceGroup: foo
type: Microsoft.App/containerApps
identity:
  type: "systemAssigned"
properties:
  managedEnvironmentId: "/subscriptions/xxxx/resourceGroups/foo/providers/Microsoft.App/managedEnvironments/bar"
  configuration:
    activeRevisionsMode: Single
  template:
    containers:
      - image: "mcr.microsoft.com/azure-cli"
        name: azure-cli
        command:
          ["/bin/bash", "-c", "while true; do ping localhost; sleep 60;done"]
        resources:
          cpu: 0.25
          memory: 0.5Gi
    scale:
      minReplicas: 1
      maxReplicas: 1

1. Deploy Container App.

az containerapp create -n "azure-cli" -g "foo" --yaml ./deploy/containerapp/azure-cli.yaml

1. (optional) Assign UserAssignedIdentity if needed.

az containerapp identity assign --name "azure-cli" --resource-group "foo" --user-assigned "/subscriptions/xxxxx/resourceGroups/foo/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/<YOUR_ID>"

1. Go to console in Container App side Menu.
2. Run az login --identity. You will find error message describe about.

Expected behavior

Managed Identity can be use for az login as describe in doc.

Managed identities in Azure Container Apps | Microsoft Docs

Environment summary

Docker

Additional context

# az --version
azure-cli                         2.37.0

core                              2.37.0
telemetry                          1.0.6

Dependencies:
msal                            1.18.0b1
azure-mgmt-resource             21.1.0b1

Python location '/usr/local/bin/python'
Extensions directory '/root/.azure/cliextensions'

Python (Linux) 3.10.4 (main, Apr 20 2022, 01:09:52) [GCC 10.3.1 20211027]

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Your CLI is up-to-date.

[kabal2010]

I’m also facing this issue and wonder if there has been any resolution for it

[RakeshMohanMSFT]

@guitarrapc Thank you for reaching out, we are looking into it.