* ERROR: Registration failed: Invalid source: * The json file C:\Scripts\Sumologic\source.json contains invalid value.

Problem:

While configuring the sources using source.json file on windows OS, I am getting below error:

Invalid source:  * The JSON file <complete path>\source.json contains invalid value.

Resolution:

First, we need to check if this is a valid JSON formatted file.

If it is a valid json then we need to check if we are using PowerShell to copy the source.json to the server, then this issue can happen as the format of the source.json file gets changed from ASCII.

Once we change the format back to ASCII, then it should work fine.