# Error: global name 'VirtuaMachineSizeTypes' is not defined **URL:** \ **Category:** Ansible Project\ **Tags:** azure, ubuntu\ **Created:** [July 8, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-global-name-virtuamachinesizetypes-is-not-defined/21965 "2016-07-08T21:54:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Adnan\_Khan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/dfb087/32.png) [@Adnan\_Khan](https://forum.ansible.com/u/Adnan_Khan)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2016, 9:54pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-global-name-virtuamachinesizetypes-is-not-defined/21965/1 "2016-07-08T21:54:22Z")
Hi, I;m getting the following error when trying to sun a very simple playbook on a new Ubuntu server. See log for more details below. Error: global name ‘VirtuaMachineSizeTypes’ is not defined [ansiblecontrol@AnsibleControl:~$](mailto:ansiblecontrol@AnsibleControl:~$) lsb\_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu 14.04.4 LTS Release: 14.04 Codename: trusty [ansiblecontrol@AnsibleControl:~$](mailto:ansiblecontrol@AnsibleControl:~$) ansible --version ansible 2.1.0.0 config file = /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg configured module search path = Default w/o overrides /////// Playbook ///////// - hosts: localhost connection: local gather\_facts: no tasks: - name: Create VM azure\_rm\_virtualmachine: resource\_group: Ansible name: amktestvm01 vm\_size: Standard\_D1 admin\_username: username admin\_password: password image: offer: CentOS publisher: OpenLogic sku: ‘7.1’ version: latest /////// AD Credentials ///////// AD Credentials are in the credentials files at .azure/Credential in the format: [default] ad\_user= password= subscription\_id= /////// Error Message ///////// [ansiblecontrol@AnsibleControl:~$](mailto:ansiblecontrol@AnsibleControl:~$) ansible-playbook azuredeployvmtest.yml -vvv Using /etc/ansible/ansible.cfg as config file [WARNING]: provided hosts list is empty, only localhost is available PLAYBOOK: azuredeployvmtest.yml \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* 1 plays in azuredeployvmtest.yml PLAY [localhost] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* TASK [Create VM] \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* task path: /home/ansiblecontrol/azuredeployvmtest.yml:6 \<127.0.0.1\> ESTABLISH LOCAL CONNECTION FOR USER: ansiblecontrol \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘( umask 77 && mkdir -p “`echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1468013697.75-124132492023031`” && echo ansible-tmp-1468013697.75-124132492023031=“`echo $HOME/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1468013697.75-124132492023031`” ) && sleep 0’ \<127.0.0.1\> PUT /tmp/tmpJSKuVv TO /home/ansiblecontrol/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1468013697.75-124132492023031/azure\_rm\_virtualmachine \<127.0.0.1\> EXEC /bin/sh -c ‘LANG=en\_US.UTF-8 LC\_ALL=en\_US.UTF-8 LC\_MESSAGES=en\_US.UTF-8 /usr/bin/python /home/ansiblecontrol/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1468013697.75-124132492023031/azure\_rm\_virtualmachine; rm -rf “/home/ansiblecontrol/.ansible/tmp/ansible-tmp-1468013697.75-124132492023031/” \> /dev/null 2\>&1 && sleep 0’ An exception occurred during task execution. The full traceback is: Traceback (most recent call last): File “/tmp/ansible\_OV5bER/ansible\_module\_azure\_rm\_virtualmachine.py”, line 1284, in main() File “/tmp/ansible\_OV5bER/ansible\_module\_azure\_rm\_virtualmachine.py”, line 1281, in main AzureRMVirtualMachine() File “/tmp/ansible\_OV5bER/ansible\_module\_azure\_rm\_virtualmachine.py”, line 487, in **init** for key in VirtualMachineSizeTypes: NameError: global name ‘VirtualMachineSizeTypes’ is not defined fatal: [localhost]: FAILED! =\> {“changed”: false, “failed”: true, “invocation”: {“module\_name”: “azure\_rm\_virtualmachine”}, “module\_stderr”: “Traceback (most recent call last):\n File "/tmp/ansible\_OV5bER/ansible\_module\_azure\_rm\_virtualmachine.py", line 1284, in \n main()\n File "/tmp/ansible\_OV5bER/ansible\_module\_azure\_rm\_virtualmachine.py", line 1281, in main\n AzureRMVirtualMachine()\n File "/tmp/ansible\_OV5bER/ansible\_module\_azure\_rm\_virtualmachine.py", line 487, in **init** \n for key in VirtualMachineSizeTypes:\nNameError: global name ‘VirtualMachineSizeTypes’ is not defined\n”, “module\_stdout”: “”, “msg”: “MODULE FAILURE”, “parsed”: false} NO MORE HOSTS LEFT \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* to retry, use: --limit @azuredeployvmtest.retry PLAY RECAP \*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\*\* localhost : ok=0 changed=0 unreachable=0 failed=1 ---
**Author:** ![M\_Ghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@M\_Ghaleb](https://forum.ansible.com/u/M_Ghaleb)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 7:35pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-global-name-virtuamachinesizetypes-is-not-defined/21965/2 "2016-07-18T19:35:13Z")
hey, any luck with the problem? is it solved? ---
**Author:** ![M\_Ghaleb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f4b2a3/32.png) [@M\_Ghaleb](https://forum.ansible.com/u/M_Ghaleb)\ **Post date:** [July 18, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-global-name-virtuamachinesizetypes-is-not-defined/21965/3 "2016-07-18T20:05:21Z")
you need to install azure (pip install azure==2.0.0rc2" ---
**Author:** ![j.r.hawkesworth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a3d4f5/32.png) [@j.r.hawkesworth](https://forum.ansible.com/u/j.r.hawkesworth)\ **Post date:** [July 19, 2016, 10:52am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-global-name-virtuamachinesizetypes-is-not-defined/21965/4 "2016-07-19T10:52:43Z")
I believe there has been some change recently in the python library used to access azure. I think right now you might be best off using latest devel version of ansible to try out azure support. Hope this helps, Jon ---
**Author:** ![girish\_kumar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/35a633/32.png) [@girish\_kumar](https://forum.ansible.com/u/girish_kumar)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2016, 11:26am UTC](https://forum.ansible.com/t/error-global-name-virtuamachinesizetypes-is-not-defined/21965/5 "2016-10-20T11:26:39Z")
was this issue resolved? i am getting same error