Azure website creation gives "Access denied"

Question

I am using the azure command line tools for Mac (version 0.6.2 of the tools, 1.0.1 of the azure tools installer for MacOS) and I am trying to create a website with a git repository using : azure site create MyUniqueApp --git.

I keep seeing this :

$ azure site create MyUniqueApp --git
info:    Executing command site create
+ Enumerating locations                                                        
+ Enumerating sites                                                            
info:    Updating existing site
+ Retrieving user information                                                  
error:   Access is denied.
error:   site create command failed

Running the same command without the --git option is successful.

$ azure site create MyUniqueApp
info:    Executing command site create
+ Enumerating locations                                                        
+ Enumerating sites                                                            
info:    Using location North Europe
info:    Creating a new web site at MyUniqueApp.azurewebsites.net
+ Sending site information                                                     
info:    Created website at myuniqueapp.azurewebsites.net
info:    Initializing remote Azure repository
+ Updating site information                                                    
info:    Repository initialized
+ Retrieving site information                                                  
info:    To create a local git repository to publish to the remote site, please rerun this command with the --git flag: "azure site create MyUniqueApp --git".
info:    site create command OK

What am I missing?

Answer 1

We are experiencing a temporary issue that should be resolved soon. For more information, see my blog post here: http://hashtagfail.com/post/31636752900/azure-site-create-bug.