In the recent Azure Local release 2411, there is a known issue that occurs when trying to deploy or upgrade a cluster. During the validation process, the operation will time out, as shown below.

How do we fix this?

Depending on your scenario, choose one of the following workarounds for this issue

Scenario 1 - If no deployment is in progress:

Before you start the deployment, make sure that the timezone is set to UTC on each Azure Local nodes.

Run the following command on all nodes:

Set-TimeZone -Id "UTC"

Now run the validation again to resolve the issue.

Scenario 2 - If deployment is in progress before setting UTC

If you started the deployment without setting the UTC timezone and received the error mentioned in the validation phase, follow these steps:

Run the following command on all nodes and reboot the nodes:

Set-TimeZone -Id "UTC"

After the nodes have rebooted, go to the Azure Local resource in Azure portal. Start the validation again to resolve the issue and continue with the deployment or upgrade.

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