No module named '_cffi_backend'

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Describe the bug

Command Name az storage container create

Errors:

No module named '_cffi_backend'
Traceback (most recent call last):
python3.6/site-packages/knack/cli.py, ln 206, in invoke
    cmd_result = self.invocation.execute(args)
cli/core/commands/__init__.py, ln 528, in execute
    self.commands_loader.load_arguments(command)
azure/cli/core/__init__.py, ln 299, in load_arguments
    self.command_table[command].load_arguments()  # this loads the arguments via reflection
cli/core/commands/__init__.py, ln 291, in load_arguments
    super(AzCliCommand, self).load_arguments()
...
storage/v2018_11_09/blob/_encryption.py, ln 13, in <module>
    from cryptography.hazmat.primitives.padding import PKCS7
cryptography/hazmat/primitives/padding.py, ln 13, in <module>
    from cryptography.hazmat.bindings._padding import lib
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named '_cffi_backend'

To Reproduce:

Steps to reproduce the behavior. Note that argument values have been redacted, as they may contain sensitive information.

• Put any pre-requisite steps here…
• az storage container create --account-name {} --account-key {} --name {}

Expected Behavior

Environment Summary

Linux-4.4.0-19041-Microsoft-x86_64-with-fedora-31-Generic
Python 3.7.6

azure-cli 2.1.0 *

Extensions:
azure-devops 0.17.0

Additional Context

[ElvenSpellmaker]

I ran into this issue while using an older version of fedoraremix WSL Image. I reset my WSL environment recently and cannot reproduce the issue anymore. If this issue is not reproducible, please feel free to resolve it.

I have the same issue, but resetting really wasn’t an option for me. The problem for me is that the azure-cli from dnf uses the stripped down python3.6 and installing pip manually for this version and then python3.6 -m pip install cffi didn’t work for me.

The solution for me was to uninstall the azure-cli package, and then use the main install of python 3.8 to install azure cli:

dnf uninstall azure-cli
pip install azure-cli
hash -r

[leonheess]

I can reproduce this consistently on fedoraremix WSL2 and could also fix this issue with @ElvenSpellmaker s tip. Please fix the underlying issue tho since this is a workaround at best.