VMSSH with managed identity

[krmunio]

azure-cli/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/_profile.py

Line 620 in 4a8879f

def get_msal_token(self, scopes, data):

After MSAL adopted completely, would it be available with Managed Identity for VMSSH?
If yes, when would it be possible?

• Login with MI : az login -i -u /subscriptions/{subscription id}/resourceGroups/{resource group}/providers/Microsoft.ManagedIdentity/userAssignedIdentities/{myMI}
• Command : az ssh cert --public-key-file ./test.pub
• Error : VM SSH currently doesn't support managed identity or Cloud Shell.
  

  azure-cli/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/auth/adal_authentication.py

  Line 22 in 2e0a42f

  from azure.cli.core.azclierror import AuthenticationError

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[yonzhan]

route to CXP team

[ozbillwang]

I saw this error when run az cli via Cloud Shell.

$ az ssh vm --ip <IP> --port 22
VM SSH currently doesn't support managed identity or Cloud Shell

But I am fine to run it from my own mac book to a virtual machine, which is managed identity enabled.

Could you support this feature in Cloud Shell as well?

Use case:

We need this feature because normally team members have no permission to install az cli on their laptops (need administrator permission, to get the admin permission, we need raise approval process, it's annoying). So we have to use Cloud Shell to run theses commands.

debug logs for your reference:

az_command_data_logger: extension name: ssh
az_command_data_logger: extension version: 1.0.0
cli.azext_ssh.ssh_utils: Running ssh-keygen command ssh-keygen -f /tmp/aadsshcertr81fle8e/id_rsa -t rsa -q -N 
urllib3.connectionpool: Starting new HTTP connection (1): localhost:50342
urllib3.connectionpool: http://localhost:50342 "POST /oauth2/token HTTP/1.1" 200 7469
msrestazure.azure_active_directory: MSI: Retrieving a token from http://localhost:50342/oauth2/token, with payload {'resource': 'https://management.core.windows.net/'}
cli.azure.cli.core.auth.adal_authentication: MSIAuthenticationWrapper.get_token invoked by Track 2 SDK with scopes=('https://pas.windows.net/CheckMyAccess/Linux/.default',)
cli.azure.cli.core.util: azure.cli.core.util.handle_exception is called with an exception:
cli.azure.cli.core.util: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.6/site-packages/knack/cli.py", line 231, in invoke
    cmd_result = self.invocation.execute(args)
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.6/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py", line 658, in execute
    raise ex
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.6/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py", line 721, in _run_jobs_serially
    results.append(self._run_job(expanded_arg, cmd_copy))
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.6/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py", line 692, in _run_job
    result = cmd_copy(params)
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.6/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py", line 328, in __call__
    return self.handler(*args, **kwargs)
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.6/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/command_operation.py", line 121, in handler
    return op(**command_args)
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.6/site-packages/azure-cli-extensions/ssh/azext_ssh/custom.py", line 29, in ssh_vm
    local_user, cert_file, credentials_folder, op_call)
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.6/site-packages/azure-cli-extensions/ssh/azext_ssh/custom.py", line 93, in _do_ssh_op
    cert_file, username = _get_and_write_certificate(cmd, public_key_file, None)
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.6/site-packages/azure-cli-extensions/ssh/azext_ssh/custom.py", line 122, in _get_and_write_certificate
    certificatedata = credential.get_token(*scopes, data=data)
  File "/opt/az/lib/python3.6/site-packages/azure/cli/core/auth/adal_authentication.py", line 23, in get_token
    raise AuthenticationError("VM SSH currently doesn't support managed identity or Cloud Shell.")
azure.cli.core.azclierror.AuthenticationError: VM SSH currently doesn't support managed identity or Cloud Shell.

cli.azure.cli.core.azclierror: VM SSH currently doesn't support managed identity or Cloud Shell.
az_command_data_logger: VM SSH currently doesn't support managed identity or Cloud Shell.
cli.knack.cli: Event: Cli.PostExecute [<function AzCliLogging.deinit_cmd_metadata_logging at 0x7fb91fe417b8>]

[jiasli]

@millanie, you can see from the source code that currently "VM SSH currently doesn't support managed identity or Cloud Shell":

azure-cli/src/azure-cli-core/azure/cli/core/auth/adal_authentication.py

Lines 21 to 23 in 2e0a42f

	if 'data' in kwargs:
	from azure.cli.core.azclierror import AuthenticationError
	raise AuthenticationError("VM SSH currently doesn't support managed identity or Cloud Shell.")

This is because managed identity service itself doesn’t support VM SSH. Azure Cloud Shell is using managed identity underneath. We are working on it with corresponding service teams.

@ozbillwang, for Cloud Shell, there is a workaround: you may manually run az login (--service-principal) in Cloud Shell and Cloud Shell will run under a user or service principal context (not Cloud Shell context), and VM SSH should work.

[ozbillwang]

Thanks @jiasli

The workaround works.

[krmunio]

Thanks, @jiasli
Is there an estimated date to support the managed identity?