How do I resolve the "Resource specification is invalid" error when I run the cfn generate command using the CloudFormation CLI in CloudFormation?

Short description

The cfn generate command generates code that's based on the project and resource type schema. You receive the "Resource specification is invalid" error message when the resource type schema for your resource is invalid. You can also receive a syntax or invalid namespace error message.

For other errors that are related to using a resource provider, see the following articles:

• How do I resolve the "Model validation failed (#: extraneous key [Key] is not permitted)" error in CloudFormation?
• How do I resolve the "Resource timed out waiting for creation of physical resource" error when I create a resource using my resource provider type in CloudFormation?
• How do I resolve the "Attribute 'Key' does not exist" error when I use the Fn::GetAtt function on my resource provider resource in CloudFormation?
• How do I resolve the "java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: com.example.package.resource.HandlerWrapper" error in CloudFormation?

Resolution

To resolve the "Resource specification is invalid" error, complete the following steps:

1. In the root directory of the project where you run the cfn init command, find the resource type schema.
   Note: The resource type schema is a JSON file in the organization-service-resource.json format.
2. Confirm that your organization-service-resource.json file follows proper JSON formatting.
3. Compare the namespaces of your resource with the namespaces in the resource type schema, and then resolve any discrepancies that you find.

If the preceding steps don't resolve the issue, then use cfn init to create a new project. Incrementally update the organization-service-resource.json resource type schema until you find the change that causes the "Resource specification is invalid" error.

Related information

AWS CloudFormation CLI (from the GitHub website)