[chef] Re: chef-solo error : Could not parse the provided JSON file

[Sascha Bates < >]

I use this site all the time when working with chef-solo:

http://jsonlint.com/


Sascha Bates
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On 7/26/12 6:54 AM, 

 
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> Hi , I tried to follow
> http://wiki.opscode.com/display/chef/Installing+Chef+Server+using+Chef+Solo
> installation guide and  when ran chef-solo  command got  this error message :
>
> # chef-solo -c /etc/chef/solo.rb -j ~/chef.json -r
> http://s3.amazonaws.com/chef-solo/bootstrap-latest.tar.gz
>
>
> [2012-07-26T15:07:21+03:00] FATAL: Could not parse the provided JSON file
> (/root/chef.json)!: 743: unexpected token at '{
> "chef_server": {
>      "server_url": "http://localhost:4000";
>      "init_style": "init"
>    },
>    "run_list": [ "recipe[chef-server::rubygems-install]" ]
> }
> '
>
> OS level is centOS 6.2  64 bits .
> Chef version is 10.12.0 .
>
>
> Regards ,
>
> /Vlad .