Cannot provision VM in Azure using Ansible

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Trying to provision VM in Azure Environment using Ansible.
However, getting error while running the command -

$ sudo ansible-playbook azure_create_vm.yml

PLAY [Create Azure VM] *********************************************************

TASK [Gathering Facts] *********************************************************
ok: [localhost]

TASK [Create VM] ***************************************************************
fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! => {“changed”: false, “msg”: “Error creating or updating virtual machine myVM1 - Azure Error: InvalidParameter\nMessage: Destination path for SSH public keys is currently limited to its default value /home/ansibleubuntu_admin/.ssh/authorized_keys due to a known issue in Linux provisioning agent.\nTarget: linuxConfiguration.ssh.publicKeys.path”}
to retry, use: --limit @/home/ansibleubuntu_admin/azure_create_vm.retry

PLAY RECAP *********************************************************************
localhost : ok=1 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1

I`ve followed the Ansible article to create the credentials.ini and stored the SSH keys.
Wondering what steps to perform to check if any mistake with SSH key.

Please find my azure_create_vm.yml file for details.

$ vim azure_create_vm.yml

  • name: Create Azure VM
    hosts: localhost
    connection: local
    tasks:
  • name: Create VM
    azure_rm_virtualmachine:
    resource_group: ansible
    name: myVM1
    vm_size: Standard_B2s
    admin_username: ansibleubuntu_admin
    ssh_password_enabled: false
    ssh_public_keys:
  • path: /home/ansibleubuntu_admin/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
    key_data: “ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAADAQABAAABAQDHlUSOoRcz6ZbQsqIz2Q/vAW6VspvWLounnV4S3c2yTJpK9iHUkcp4oc6Nev4vna84P5BrisDjOkDvnv4eVfCVqB7SYUxGlHdnGi6nnwkLhx6kVZalRi0opdSYDkfk1/q1TCUaLDJp/cErMH/8ItLEJlWsSHuo/ccbkRaKBPvSGJPEKMqmzEJFjTjeUg9MJU3/4EC+NGvLVuoxMrt00WrcdERthVAnAgkbnxIhfbv9+PdjeeCzpWu7SOsHiXQr52xnrLX4VKcEiAXtwYa02kZYcv11ERkjyq7sCiNdcNK+9BXuAgcDcAHV2eXd3NE/qyKfxvTWaHk2esTlwMiH3zsd”
    image:
    offer: UbuntuServer
    publisher: Canonical
    sku: ‘16.04-LTS’

Any pointer will be deeply appreciated.