Getting error while trying to run Test-AzResourceGroupDeployment

Question

I want to validate my ARM template and so i run the below command :

Test-AzResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName PallabDev -TemplateFile .\UBUNTU_DEV.json -TemplateParameterFile .\UBUNTU_DEV_Param.json

I get the below error with the above command :

Test-AzResourceGroupDeployment : Invalid property identifier character: #. Path '', line 2, position
2.
At line:1 char:1

• Test-AzResourceGroupDeployment -ResourceGroupName PallabDev -Template ...
• ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
• CategoryInfo : CloseError: (:) [Test-AzResourceGroupDeployment], JsonReaderException
• FullyQualifiedErrorId : Microsoft.Azure.Commands.ResourceManager.Cmdlets.Implementation.TestAzu
  reResourceGroupDeploymentCmdlet

Any Idea why this error is coming and how to fix it.

Answer 1

Hi, i was able to fix it, you were right, there was an issue with my .JSON file. I was able to rectify it successfully. Sorry for the late reply. Thanks