{"record":{"id":"22478bc74f3cdfa9","repo":"vitessio/vitess","slug":"error-parsing-the-json-file-v","errorCode":null,"errorMessage":"error parsing the json file : %v","messagePattern":"error parsing the json file : (.+?)","errorType":"exception","errorClass":null,"httpStatus":null,"severity":"error","filePath":"go/vt/mysqlctl/cephbackupstorage/ceph.go","lineNumber":289,"sourceCode":"\t// TODO(maxeng): return a new CephBackupStorage that uses params.\n\treturn bs\n}\n\n// client returns the Ceph Storage client instance.\n// If there isn't one yet, it tries to create one.\nfunc (bs *CephBackupStorage) client() (*minio.Client, error) {\n\tbs.mu.Lock()\n\tdefer bs.mu.Unlock()\n\n\tif bs._client == nil {\n\t\tconfigFile, err := os.Open(configFilePath)\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"file not present : %v\", err)\n\t\t}\n\t\tdefer configFile.Close()\n\t\tjsonParser := json.NewDecoder(configFile)\n\t\tif err = jsonParser.Decode(&storageConfig); err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn nil, fmt.Errorf(\"error parsing the json file : %v\", err)\n\t\t}\n\n\t\taccessKey := storageConfig.AccessKey\n\t\tsecretKey := storageConfig.SecretKey\n\t\turl := storageConfig.EndPoint\n\t\tuseSSL := storageConfig.UseSSL\n\n\t\tclient, err := minio.NewV2(url, accessKey, secretKey, useSSL)\n\t\tif err != nil {\n\t\t\treturn nil, err\n\t\t}\n\t\tbs._client = client\n\t}\n\treturn bs._client, nil\n}\n\nfunc init() {\n\tbackupstorage.BackupStorageMap[\"ceph\"] = &CephBackupStorage{}","sourceCodeStart":271,"sourceCodeEnd":307,"githubUrl":"https://github.com/vitessio/vitess/blob/01a25a7d176f94613b8d59d799f438380a8760e4/go/vt/mysqlctl/cephbackupstorage/ceph.go#L271-L307","documentation":"Thrown by cephbackupstorage when the Ceph/S3 credentials config file cannot be JSON-decoded. The package reads a JSON config file (access key, secret key, endpoint, UseSSL) before initializing the MinIO client; if the file contains invalid JSON, Decode fails and the error is wrapped with the parser's message.","triggerScenarios":"Calling ListBackups, StartBackup, or RemoveBackup when the config file pointed at by --ceph-backup-storage-config exists but contains malformed JSON (syntax errors, trailing commas, YAML pasted in, truncated file).","commonSituations":"Hand-edited Ceph config files, provisioning tools writing partial files, wrong file passed via flag, config file corrupted during transfer.","solutions":["Open the config file and fix the JSON syntax (validate with `jq . file.json` or `python3 -m json.tool`).","Regenerate the config file from your Ceph/S3 credentials template.","Verify the flag points to the intended JSON file and not a different artifact.","Check file permissions/size — a truncated file (0 bytes or partial) indicates a write/transfer failure."],"exampleFix":"// before (YAML-ish content in config.json)\naccessKey: MYKEY\n// after\n{\"AccessKey\": \"MYKEY\", \"SecretKey\": \"SECRET\", \"EndPoint\": \"ceph.example.com\", \"UseSSL\": true}","handlingStrategy":"validation","validationCode":"data, err := os.ReadFile(configPath)\nif err != nil { return err }\nvar cfg cephStorageConfig\nif err := json.Unmarshal(data, &cfg); err != nil {\n\treturn fmt.Errorf(\"invalid ceph config %s: %w\", configPath, err)\n}","typeGuard":null,"tryCatchPattern":"cfg, err := cephbackupstorage.ListBackups(ctx, ...)\nif err != nil && strings.Contains(err.Error(), \"error parsing the json file\") {\n\t// fix or regenerate the JSON config and retry\n}","preventionTips":["Validate the config JSON with jq/json.tool before deploying","Generate the file from a template instead of hand-editing","Check file size > 0 after provisioning"],"tags":["ceph","backup","json","configuration"],"backgroundTag":"invalid-json-config","analyzedSha":"01a25a7d176f94613b8d59d799f438380a8760e4","analyzedAt":"2026-09-01T17:28:30.605Z","contentChangedAt":null,"schemaVersion":2},"datasetVersion":"2026-09-08T10:18:20.063Z"}