"OutboundConnectivityNotEnabledOnVM. No outbound connectivity configured for virtual machine"

This article discusses how to resolve the OutboundConnectivityNotEnabledOnVM error that occurs when you deploy a Microsoft Azure Virtual Machine Scale Set by using Flexible orchestration mode.

Symptoms

When you deploy a Virtual Machine Scale Set by using Flexible orchestration mode, you receive the following error message:

OutboundConnectivityNotEnabledOnVM. No outbound connectivity configured for virtual machine.

Cause

You tried to create a Virtual Machine Scale Set in Flexible orchestration mode without having an outbound internet connection.

Solution

Enable secure outbound access for your Virtual Machine Scale Set by using a method that's best suited for your application. Outbound access can be enabled by using one of the following methods:

• Use a Network Address Translation (NAT) Gateway on your subnet.

• Add scale set instances to a Load Balancer backend pool.

• Add an explicit public IP address per scale set instance.

For highly secure applications, you can specify custom user-defined routes through your firewall or virtual network applications. For more information, see Default outbound access in Azure.

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