az storage container list is not working on linux powershell 7.3.12 on AlmaLinux distrro

[gfl94]

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Describe the bug

Command Name
az storage container list

Errors:

The command failed with an unexpected error. Here is the traceback:
'NoneType' object is not iterable
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/lib64/az/lib/python3.6/site-packages/knack/cli.py", line 231, in invoke
    cmd_result = self.invocation.execute(args)
  File "/lib64/az/lib/python3.6/site-packages/azure/cli/core/commands/__init__.py", line 561, in execute
    self.commands_loader.load_arguments(command)
  File "/lib64/az/lib/python3.6/site-packages/azure/cli/core/__init__.py", line 516, in load_arguments
    loader.load_arguments(command)  # this adds entries to the argument registries
  File "/lib64/az/lib/python3.6/site-packages/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/__init__.py", line 31, in load_arguments
    load_arguments(self, command)
  File "/lib64/az/lib/python3.6/site-packages/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/_params.py", line 1713, in load_arguments
    help_str = 'Allowed values: {}. Can be combined'.format(get_permission_help_string(t_share_permissions))
  File "/lib64/az/lib/python3.6/site-packages/azure/cli/command_modules/storage/_validators.py", line 862, in get_permission_help_string
    return ' '.join(['({}){}'.format(x[0], x[1:]) for x in allowed_values])
TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable

To Reproduce:

Steps to reproduce the behavior. Note that argument values have been redacted, as they may contain sensitive information.

• Put any pre-requisite steps here...
• az storage container list --prefix {} --account-name {} --account-key {}

Expected Behavior

Environment Summary

Linux-5.14.0-503.14.1.el9_5.x86_64-x86_64-with-glibc2.34, AlmaLinux 9.5 (Teal Serval)
Python 3.9.19
Installer: RPM

azure-cli 2.38.2 *

Additional Context

[azure-client-tools-bot-prd]

Hi @gfl94,

2.38.2 is not the latest Azure CLI(2.71.0).

If you haven't already attempted to do so, please upgrade to the latest Azure CLI version by following https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/update-azure-cli.

[yonzhan]

Thank you for opening this issue, we will look into it.

[github-actions]

Here are some similar issues that might help you. Please check if they can solve your problem.

• Issue running az storage blob list on CentOS and AmazonLinux2 VMs #23809
• az storage blob list gives TypeError: 'NoneType' object is not iterable #15495
• Storage commands failling on Fedora 35 when Python 3.6 is not present #22235

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Possible solution (Extracted from existing issue, might be incorrect; please verify carefully)

Solution 1:

The dependency azure-multiapi-storage package is not installed properly. Please make sure you have installed CLI successfully following https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-linux?pivots=script

Reference:

• Issue running az storage blob list on CentOS and AmazonLinux2 VMs #23809 (comment)

Solution 2:

Install setuptools, similar issue to #30127

Reference:

• Issue running az storage blob list on CentOS and AmazonLinux2 VMs #23809 (comment)

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[gfl94]

https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/azure-cli/Packages/a/

likely the yumrepo does not support az cli version greater than 2.38.