MsftLinuxPatchAutoAssess.service Issues

Steve K 31 Reputation points
2022-12-08T21:26:58.82+00:00

We are running Azure Arc on all Windows and Linux servers. Some of the Linux machines are showing errors when doing patch assessments. Any help would be appreciated. This box is running CentOS 7

[root@01 ~]# systemctl start MsftLinuxPatchAutoAssess.service
Job for MsftLinuxPatchAutoAssess.service failed. See "systemctl status MsftLinuxPatchAutoAssess.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
[root@01 ~]# journalctl -xe
bash[125484]: - Failed to connect to IMDS end point. [Trial=3].
bash[125484]: Connecting to IMDS endpoint...
bash[125484]: - Exception from IMDS connection http request: URLError(timeout('timed out',),)
bash[125484]: - Failed to connect to IMDS end point. [Trial=4].
bash[125484]: Connecting to IMDS endpoint...
bash[125484]: - Exception from IMDS connection http request: URLError(timeout('timed out',),)
bash[125484]: - Failed to connect to IMDS end point. [Trial=5].
bash[125484]: Failed to connect IMDS end point after 5 retries. This is expected in Arc VMs. VMCloudType is set to Arc.
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bash[125484]: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
bash[125484]: Completed building bootstrap container configuration.
systemd[1]: Failed to start Microsoft Azure Linux Patch Extension - Auto Assessment.
-- Subject: Unit MsftLinuxPatchAutoAssess.service has failed
-- Defined-By: systemd
-- Support: http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/systemd-devel
--
-- Unit MsftLinuxPatchAutoAssess.service has failed.
--
-- The result is failed.
systemd[1]: Unit MsftLinuxPatchAutoAssess.service entered failed state.
systemd[1]: MsftLinuxPatchAutoAssess.service failed.

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