# Azure autoscaler dependency error

**URL:** <https://discuss.ray.io/t/azure-autoscaler-dependency-error/1950>\
**Category:** Ray Clusters\
**Created:** [April 28, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/azure-autoscaler-dependency-error/1950 "2021-04-28T13:10:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![kolormatik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4bbf92/32.png) [@kolormatik](https://discuss.ray.io/u/kolormatik)\
**Post date:** [April 28, 2021, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/azure-autoscaler-dependency-error/1950/1 "2021-04-28T13:10:34Z")

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Hello,

I am using Ray’s automatic cluster setup within a docker container on Azure. It can successfully set up the head node and starts the ray runtime. However, I get the following error message during autoscaling although azure-common is installed in the conda environment and I am able to import the package in an interactive python shell.

Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Thanks!

```auto
  File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ray/autoscaler/_private/monitor.py", line 284, in run
    self._initialize_autoscaler()
  File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ray/autoscaler/_private/monitor.py", line 133, in _initialize_autoscaler
    event_summarizer=self.event_summarizer)
  File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ray/autoscaler/_private/autoscaler.py", line 86, in __init__
    self.reset(errors_fatal=True)
  File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ray/autoscaler/_private/autoscaler.py", line 537, in reset
    raise e
  File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ray/autoscaler/_private/autoscaler.py", line 495, in reset
    self.config["cluster_name"])
  File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ray/autoscaler/_private/providers.py", line 186, in _get_node_provider
    provider_cls = _get_node_provider_cls(provider_config)
  File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ray/autoscaler/_private/providers.py", line 162, in _get_node_provider_cls
    return importer(provider_config)
  File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ray/autoscaler/_private/providers.py", line 38, in _import_azure
    from ray.autoscaler._private.azure.node_provider import AzureNodeProvider
  File "/opt/conda/lib/python3.6/site-packages/ray/autoscaler/_private/azure/node_provider.py", line 7, in <module>
    from azure.common.client_factory import get_client_from_cli_profile
ModuleNotFoundError: No module named 'azure.common'

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**Author:** ![rliaw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/discuss.ray.io/rliaw/32/24_2.png) [@rliaw](https://discuss.ray.io/u/rliaw)\
**Post date:** [April 29, 2021, 3:01am UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/azure-autoscaler-dependency-error/1950/2 "2021-04-29T03:01:29Z")

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Looks like a conda isolation error?

Could you try `/opt/conda/bin/python` and checking `azure.common`?

I think you may need to add some installation commands to your `setup_commands` in your cluster yaml.

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**Author:** ![kolormatik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4bbf92/32.png) [@kolormatik](https://discuss.ray.io/u/kolormatik)\
**Post date:** [May 10, 2021, 3:07pm UTC](https://discuss.ray.io/t/azure-autoscaler-dependency-error/1950/3 "2021-05-10T15:07:00Z")

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Thanks for your reply.

I can successfully import `azure.common` when I run `/opt/conda/bin/python`. I also tried installing all azure dependencies by adding in setup\_commands but it did not work.

The issue can be reproduced by setting `min_workers: 1` in the [`example-full-legacy.yaml`](https://github.com/ray-project/ray/blob/master/python/ray/autoscaler/azure/example-full-legacy.yaml).