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az aks create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myAKSCluster --node-count 2 --generate-ssh-keys
Invalid base64-encoded string: number of data characters (17) cannot be 1 more than a multiple of 4
I tried executing this command multiple times via windows cmd or even VS Code terminal
@Jacob , can you please move the id_rsa and id_rsa.pub files under ~/.ssh folder to a different location and try running the command from Azure CLI again?
For me its working as expected
az aks create --resource-group myResourceGroup --name myAKSCluster --node-count 2 --generate-ssh-keys
SSH key files 'C:\Users\<>.ssh\id_rsa' and 'C:\Users\<>.ssh\id_rsa.pub' have been generated under ~/.ssh to allow SSH access to the VM. If using machines without permanent storage like Azure Cloud Shell without an attached file share, back up your keys to a safe location
Can you check the resource group exists before creating the cluster
Yes, the resource group does exists, I am able to create cluster from UI but always fails from CLI
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I have this exact same issue, its near impossible to track down. Seems to be something deeper.