# azure\_rm\_virtualmachine: error to import AzureRMModuleBase

**URL:** <https://forum.ansible.com/t/azure-rm-virtualmachine-error-to-import-azurermmodulebase/27541>\
**Category:** Ansible Project\
**Tags:** azure\
**Created:** [May 16, 2018, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/azure-rm-virtualmachine-error-to-import-azurermmodulebase/27541 "2018-05-16T08:05:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Irfan\_Sayed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Irfan\_Sayed](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Irfan_Sayed)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 8:05am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/azure-rm-virtualmachine-error-to-import-azurermmodulebase/27541/1 "2018-05-16T08:05:08Z")

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Hello,

I am trying to create the azure VM using ansible module : azure\_rm\_virtualmachine  
document referred : [https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/azure\_rm\_virtualmachine\_module.html](https://docs.ansible.com/ansible/2.4/azure_rm_virtualmachine_module.html)

**Actual error**

> TASK [azure\_vm\_create : Create azure vm] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*  
> fatal: [worker1]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “module\_stderr”: “Shared connection to worker1 closed.\r\n”, “module\_stdout”: “Traceback (most recent call last):\r\n File “/tmp/ansible\_3PPl\_f/ansible\_module\_azure\_rm\_virtualmachine.py”, line 556, in \r\n from ansible.module\_utils.azure\_rm\_common import AzureRMModuleBase, azure\_id\_to\_dict\r\n File “/tmp/ansible\_3PPl\_f/ansible\_modlib.zip/ansible/module\_utils/azure\_rm\_common.py”, line 28, in \r\nImportError: No module named packaging.version\r\n”, “msg”: “MODULE FAILURE”, “rc”: 0}

**Environment :**  
Ansible version : ansible 2.4.2.0  
python version = 2.7.5  
Ansible controller machine : centos 7  
ansible managed node : centos 7

**azure packages :**  
python2-msrestazure-0.4.21-1.el7.noarch  
azure-repo-svc-1.0-0.el7.centos.noarch  
python2-azure-sdk-2.0.0-2.el7.noarch

**expected behavior :**  
provision the VM without any issue

I am not getting what is the issue. my other playbooks are just working fine. do I need to install any other dependency OR module ??

please suggest.

Regards,

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**Author:** ![Irfan\_Sayed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Irfan\_Sayed](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Irfan_Sayed)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 1:43pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/azure-rm-virtualmachine-error-to-import-azurermmodulebase/27541/2 "2018-05-16T13:43:06Z")

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please suggest. I m stuck

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**Author:** ![Nick\_Rogers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Nick\_Rogers](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Nick_Rogers)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 2:33pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/azure-rm-virtualmachine-error-to-import-azurermmodulebase/27541/3 "2018-05-16T14:33:57Z")

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Have you tried running

pip install packaging

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**Author:** ![Irfan\_Sayed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Irfan\_Sayed](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Irfan_Sayed)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2018, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/azure-rm-virtualmachine-error-to-import-azurermmodulebase/27541/4 "2018-05-16T15:04:34Z")

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yes. I did that already and here is the output.

[root@centos]# pip install packaging  
Requirement already satisfied (use --upgrade to upgrade): packaging in /usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages

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**Author:** ![Irfan\_Sayed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a4c791/32.png) [@Irfan\_Sayed](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Irfan_Sayed)\
**Post date:** [May 17, 2018, 1:36pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/azure-rm-virtualmachine-error-to-import-azurermmodulebase/27541/5 "2018-05-17T13:36:48Z")

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please suggest