Troubleshooting possible errors and warnings

You might, and most probably will, face challenges when compiling or deploying your Bicep files, and it is important to understand where to look to find the issue. I will only cover errors relating to how to compile your Bicep files here. We will take a deeper look at many more errors in Chapter 9, Deploying a Local Template.

An invalid template

Sometimes, you might have an invalid template. This might be because you copied the snippets from elsewhere or even unintentionally caused it yourself:

Figure 4.4 – Template validation errors

This is, by far, the simplest error to troubleshoot because the CLI tells you exactly what is wrong and where to look for it down to the line number. Simply go and fix the stated problem and try again.

Linter errors

If you are using linter files, you might face errors caused by your rules. You will need to fix them before deploying your Bicep file. The following screenshot...