Issue startiung Universal.Server.exe

PowerShell Universal
1

Not quite sure what is going on - I don’t have a web development background so not sure how to fault find this. Server was working fine before update and restart.

Product: PowerShell Universal
Version: 1.4.6

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Unhandled exception. System.FormatException: Could not parse the JSON file.
 ---> System.Text.Json.JsonReaderException: '#' is an invalid start of a property name. Expected a '"'. LineNumber: 65 | BytePositionInLine: 6.
   at System.Text.Json.ThrowHelper.ThrowJsonReaderException(Utf8JsonReader& json, ExceptionResource resource, Byte nextByte, ReadOnlySpan`1 bytes)
   at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.ConsumeNextTokenUntilAfterAllCommentsAreSkipped(Byte marker)
   at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.ConsumeNextToken(Byte marker)
   at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.ConsumeNextTokenOrRollback(Byte marker)
   at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.ReadSingleSegment()
   at System.Text.Json.Utf8JsonReader.Read()
   at System.Text.Json.JsonDocument.Parse(ReadOnlySpan`1 utf8JsonSpan, JsonReaderOptions readerOptions, MetadataDb& database, StackRowStack& stack)
   at System.Text.Json.JsonDocument.Parse(ReadOnlyMemory`1 utf8Json, JsonReaderOptions readerOptions, Byte[] extraRentedBytes)
   at System.Text.Json.JsonDocument.Parse(ReadOnlyMemory`1 json, JsonDocumentOptions options)
   at System.Text.Json.JsonDocument.Parse(String json, JsonDocumentOptions options)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json.JsonConfigurationFileParser.ParseStream(Stream input)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json.JsonConfigurationProvider.Load(Stream stream)
   --- End of inner exception stack trace ---
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json.JsonConfigurationProvider.Load(Stream stream)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileConfigurationProvider.Load(Boolean reload)
--- End of stack trace from previous location ---
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileConfigurationProvider.HandleException(ExceptionDispatchInfo info)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileConfigurationProvider.Load(Boolean reload)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.FileConfigurationProvider.Load()
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.ConfigurationRoot..ctor(IList`1 providers)
   at Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.ConfigurationBuilder.Build()
   at Universal.Server.Program.CreateHostBuilder(String[] args) in D:\a\universal\universal\src\Universal.Server\Program.cs:line 69
   at Universal.Server.Program.Main(String[] args) in D:\a\universal\universal\src\Universal.Server\Program.cs:line 24
2

Seems like something is wrong with your appsettings.json file. Do you have one stored in C:\ProgramData\PowerShellUniversal?

3

I do. Below is the contents

  "Kestrel": {
    "Endpoints": {
      "HTTP": {
        "Url": "http://*:5000"
      }
    },
    "RedirectToHttps": "false"
  },
  "ApplicationInsights": {
    "InstrumentationKey": ""
  },
  "Logging": {
    "Path": "%PROGRAMDATA%/PowerShellUniversal/log.txt",
    "RetainedFileCountLimit": 31,
    "LogLevel": {
      "Default": "Information",
      "Microsoft": "Warning",
      "Microsoft.Hosting.Lifetime": "Information",
      "Grpc": "Information"
    }
  },
  "AllowedHosts": "*",
  "CorsHosts": "",
  "Plugins": [
    "UniversalAutomation.LiteDBv5",
    "AspNetCoreRateLimit"
  ],
  "Data": {
    "RepositoryPath": "%ProgramData%\\UniversalAutomation\\Repository",
    "ConnectionString": "filename=%ProgramData%\\UniversalAutomation\\database.db;upgrade=true",
    "GitRemote": "",
    "GitUserName": "",
    "GitPassword": "",
    "GitBranch": "",
    "GitSyncBehavior": "TwoWay",
    "ConfigurationScript": ""
  },
  "Api": {
    "Url": ""
  },
  "Authentication": {
    "Windows": {
      "Enabled": "false"
    },
    "WSFed": {
      "Enabled": "false",
      "MetadataAddress": "",
      "Wtrealm": "",
      "CallbackPath": "/auth/signin-wsfed",
      "Wreply": "",
      "UseTokenLifetime": true,
      "CorrelationCookieSameSite": ""
    },
    "OIDC": {
      "Enabled": "false",
      "CallbackPath": "/auth/signin-oidc",
      "ClientID": "",
      "ClientSecret": "",
      "Resource": "",
      "Authority": "",
      "ResponseType": "",
      "SaveTokens": "false",
      "CorrelationCookieSameSite": "",
      "UseTokenLifetime": true,
      "Scope": "openid profile groups",
      "GetUserInfo": false
    },
    "ClientCertificate": {
      "Enabled": "false"
    },
    "SessionTimeout": "25"
  },
  "Jwt": {
    "SigningKey": "PleaseUseYourOwnSigningKeyHere",
    "Issuer": "IronmanSoftware",
    "Audience": "PowerShellUniversal"
  },
  "UniversalAutomation": {
    "JobHandshakeTimeout": 5,
    "JobDebugging": false,
    "ContinueJobOnServerStop": false
  },
  "UniversalDashboard": {
    "AssetsFolder": "%ProgramData%\\PowerShellUniversal\\Dashboard",
    "DashboardStartupTimeout": 10
  },
  "ShowDevTools": false,
  "HideAdminConsole": false
}```
5

Any idea if there is an issue in the file? If not I will try a full re-install.

6

I don’t see anything wrong with your JSON file but based on the error message, I would think that there might be a comment in line 65 of some JSON file it’s trying to load as configuration.

Did you modify the appsettings.json in the Program Files directory? You could try a reinstall at that point since it will recreate that file.