VNET integrated CloudShell is not available in germanywestcentral region

[attilaersek]

Couldn't create a vnet integrated cloudshell in the germanywestcentral secondary region. I had to use the az rest method as there's an issue with the portal and the storage selection dropdown is disabled, so there's a chance that the request body is not perfect.

To Reproduce

cloudshell.json request example:

{
    "properties": {
      "preferredOsType": "Linux",
      "preferredLocation": "westeurope",
      "storageProfile": {
        "storageAccountResourceId": "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourcegroups/resource-group-xxx/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/storageaccountxxx",
        "fileShareName": "cloudshell",
        "diskSizeInGB": 5
      },
      "terminalSettings": {
        "fontSize": "Medium",
        "fontStyle": "Monospace"
      },
      "preferredShellType": "bash",
      "vnetSettings": {
        "networkProfileResourceId": "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/resource-group-xxx/providers/Microsoft.Network/networkProfiles/networkprofile-xxx",
        "relayNamespaceResourceId": "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourceGroups/resource-group-xxx/providers/Microsoft.Relay/namespaces/relay-xxx",
        "isolatedStorageProfile": {
          "storageAccountResourceId": "/subscriptions/xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx/resourcegroups/resource-group-xxx/providers/Microsoft.Storage/storageAccounts/storageaccountxxx",
          "fileShareName": "cloudshell",
          "diskSizeInGB": 5
        },
        "location": "gernamywestcentral"
      },
      "networkType": "Isolated",
      "sessionType": "Mounted",
      "userSubscription": "xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx"
    }
}

az rest --method put --url https://management.azure.com/providers/Microsoft.Portal/userSettings/cloudconsole?api-version=2023-02-01-preview --body @cloudshell.json

Observed Behavior

The request returns with an error:

Bad Request({
  "error": {
    "code": "InvalidLocation",
    "message": "The location 'gernamywestcentral' is invalid."
  }
})

Expected behavior

The cloudshell is created.

Is this specific to Cloud Shell?

Yes.

Interface information

not relevant.

Additional context

Add any other context about the problem here.

[tovstcn]

We are experiencing the same issue for germanywestcentral, different regions are working fine.

Addition: I stumbled upon this Issue -> #222 - It looks like secondary regions are currently not supported for vnet isolation (as mentioned here -> https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/samples/azure/azure-quickstart-templates/cloud-shell-vnet-storage

Does this issue still deserve the "bug" flag?

[attilaersek]

This restriction is not mentioned in the feature documentation and the portal also allows you to select secondary regions. (Though currently the portal fails to create vnet integrated cloudshell for any region.).
The problem seems to be a simple request validation issue, but could be more.
Despite this, the issue can be relabeled to feature request or closed as duplicate, but the lack of this feature limits the usability of cloudshell.