GenesisDataParseError core node on Testnet

Staking & Delegation Setup a Stake Pool
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Hi, I am going through the Stake Pool course, but I am stuck at this stage Start your core node - Stake pool course (gitbook.io)

My code for that section looks like this

cardano-node run \
--topology testnet-topology.json \
--database-path /db \
--socket-path /db/node.socket \
--host-addr 0.0.0.0 \
--port 3001 \
--config testnet-config.json \
--shelley-kes-key kes.skey \
--shelley-vrf-key vrf.skey \
--shelley-operational-certificate node.cert

but I get this error

There was an error parsing the genesis file: ./testnet-shelley-genesis.json Error: GenesisDataParseError "(line 2, column 24):\nunexpected \".\"\nexpecting white space, \",\" or \"}\""

I got the testnet-shelley-genesis.json file from an earlier part of the course Configure topology files for block-producing and relay nodes. - Stake pool course (gitbook.io)

and it is this

{
“activeSlotsCoeff”: 0.05,
“protocolParams”: {
“protocolVersion”: {
“minor”: 0,
“major”: 2
},
“decentralisationParam”: 1,
“eMax”: 18,
“extraEntropy”: {
“tag”: “NeutralNonce”
},
“maxTxSize”: 16384,
“maxBlockBodySize”: 65536,
“maxBlockHeaderSize”: 1100,
“minFeeA”: 44,
“minFeeB”: 155381,
“minUTxOValue”: 1000000,
“poolDeposit”: 500000000,
“minPoolCost”: 340000000,
“keyDeposit”: 2000000,
“nOpt”: 150,
“rho”: 0.003,
“tau”: 0.20,
“a0”: 0.3
},
“genDelegs”: {
“2f56e87d67b8e5216582cfeb95dbdc9083110a3ef68faaa51bef3a80”: {
“delegate”: “bd5933d3c5417f17a64c7214711a26abc3bc03e2c90dc1bb38e0c39f”,
“vrf”: “9a0b0f537874d089cedfa9e250150405e47ea29acee87c40a223ae0a175d26f8”
},
“514e81afb082fce01678809eebd90eda4f7918354ec7d0433ad16274”: {
“delegate”: “eff1b5b26e65b791d6f236c7c0264012bd1696759d22bdb4dd0f6f56”,
“vrf”: “e6f70fb10c7523aa76648e20d17e65fd9b2ed53960fbd20b308f223b703f2e23”
},
“2fca486b4d8f1a0432f5bf18ef473ee4294c795a1a32e3132bc6b90f”: {
“delegate”: “de665a71064706f946030505eae950583f08c316f0f58997961092b1”,
“vrf”: “c3fde629add60e30142cd7ef3c680610975208b08aee42203a5c40ad5992e8f6”
},
“4ee98623920698b77c1c7f77288cbdac5f9011ff8970b1f507567d0d”: {
“delegate”: “bf07107c6f632de95e34af7e009d2aafa19916c7ba89b944fbedcd72”,
“vrf”: “9d7d12e3d6b02835be3e76cfc6ae93d937035ee0e006d04a0eef9dea19754e21”
},
“0d06d2547ed371fdf95fb5c4c735eecdd53e6a5bb831561bd0fcfd3d”: {
“delegate”: “6df3e1b4b8a84c63c805076a85e5aa00924997a4eae85fddf0aee3ca”,
“vrf”: “0774e5810fe02a014ec97ef424797172f2b8c5dcfb6e4cfc98b411c31d5096d8”
},
“581e23030b6038bae716e5d64b9e053db10541b12e6b0b4eff485454”: {
“delegate”: “b0dca078b823cde627da136200d6618c49ad712b77972a1c5e135763”,
“vrf”: “16a4e883b72ddbd09a4f8a1170fc346ab11e4202f814faa73e9d2433ee03e7b0”
},
“e5f27655371b54aed91cc916b2569060978be80056768fee2cc5ce1b”: {
“delegate”: “b3873a254459f506e47b9a252ee7912e538b364447f31576a170db65”,
“vrf”: “cc5c897fdf5db0017326656fe35aeb20c72b175540793f9b9b8dc9ade001bbc4”
}
},
“updateQuorum”: 5,
“networkId”: “Testnet”,
“initialFunds”: {},
“maxLovelaceSupply”: 45000000000000000,
“networkMagic”: 1097911063,
“epochLength”: 432000,
“systemStart”: “2019-07-24T20:20:16Z”,
“slotsPerKESPeriod”: 129600,
“slotLength”: 1,
“maxKESEvolutions”: 62,
“securityParam”: 2160
}

Anyone else had this problem or knows where I went wrong? I am new to Linux and stake-pools so I might have made a very stupid error along the way

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Hello,

Try to download again the file

https://docs.cardano.org/projects/cardano-node/en/latest/stake-pool-operations/getConfigFiles_AND_Connect.html

Thank you

3

Thanks, but it didn’t work. I will do it all over again, but this time following this guide instead 8. Register a Stake Pool with Metadata — cardano-node Documentation 1.0.0 documentation

I will see how it goes