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# Troubleshooting
Troubleshoot and errors you are encountering when creating a Decentralized Identifier (DID) using Veramo.
This guide provides common errors and potential fixes for them if you encountered errors when [creating a DID](/product/sdk/veramo/dids/create-did.md).
## 1. When generating keys along with a DIDDoc template
When you try to generate `keys` along with `DIDDoc` template using command below
```bash
veramo execute -m cheqdGenerateDidDoc --argsJSON '{"verificationMethod": "Ed25519VerificationKey2020", "methodSpecificIdAlgo": "uuid", "network": "testnet"}'
```
If you encounter an error below
`Unexpected token v in JSON at position 1`
Create a `.json` file (e.g. name it something like `identity-keys-on-the-fly-with-did-docs.json` in same working directory level).
Copy and paste the content from below into your newly created `.json` file. You can choose from any of the inputs and arguments below:
verificationMethod
* Ed25519VerificationKey2020
* JsonWebKey2020
* Ed25519VerificationKey2018
methodSpecificIdAlgo
* base58btc
* uuid
network
* mainnet
* testnet
For example:
```json
{
"verificationMethod": "Ed25519VerificationKey2020",
"methodSpecificIdAlgo": "uuid",
"network": "testnet"
}
```
Then, instead of passing it as argument, we'll pass it as a file. Use command below to do it.
```bash
veramo execute -m cheqdGenerateDidDoc --argsFile identity-keys-on-the-fly-with-did-docs.json
```
The above command will output something like this (i.e. a template DID DOC with the keys)
```bash
{ argsFile: 'identity-keys-on-the-fly-with-did-docs.json' }
Method: cheqdGenerateDidDoc
Arguments: {
"verificationMethod": "Ed25519VerificationKey2020",
"methodSpecificIdAlgo": "uuid",
"network": "testnet"
}
Result : {
"didDoc": {
"context": [],
"id": "did:cheqd:testnet:3e6bd814-6851-4c8a-b114-c64f035ef590",
"controller": [
"did:cheqd:testnet:3e6bd814-6851-4c8a-b114-c64f035ef590"
],
"authentication": [
"did:cheqd:testnet:3e6bd814-6851-4c8a-b114-c64f035ef590#key-1"
],
"assertionMethod": [],
"capabilityInvocation": [],
"capabilityDelegation": [],
"keyAgreement": [],
"alsoKnownAs": [],
"verificationMethod": [
{
"id": "did:cheqd:testnet:3e6bd814-6851-4c8a-b114-c64f035ef590#key-1",
"type": "Ed25519VerificationKey2020",
"controller": "did:cheqd:testnet:3e6bd814-6851-4c8a-b114-c64f035ef590",
"publicKeyMultibase": "z6MkuBcREn1LjuDCe9FfSa7WLa3yY51KFoSEg2fUifzQqVy1"
}
],
"service": []
},
"keys": {
"publicKeyHex": "074035480cdcf09c33b1e8066deb55c75822c8c3b27f1c100717eb413bc08e06",
"privateKeyHex": "84ecb7d289dd5c5e82071f8a16503ba5d7b5b3174a619186f430918a6ab00e3b074035480cdcf09c33b1e8066deb55c75822c8c3b27f1c100717eb413bc08e06",
"kid": "074035480cdcf09c33b1e8066deb55c75822c8c3b27f1c100717eb413bc08e06",
"type": "Ed25519"
}
}
```
Then you can go back to your `payload.json` file (if you didn't have one you can simply create one manually, and paste content below as template) which should be something like this at first.
```json
{
"kms": "local",
"alias": "veramo-specific-alias-refers-to-did",
"document": {}, // DIDDoc
"keys": [
{
"publicKeyHex": "",
"privateKeyHex": "",
"kid": "",
"type": "Ed25519"
},
{
// add additional key(s) if required
}
]
}
```
Then you're going to update `keys` and `document` section of it (`payload.json`) with `keys` and `didDoc` you generated in above step.
After populating `keys` and `document` section. Your `payload.json` file should look something like this:
```json
{
"kms": "local",
"alias": "your-alias",
"document": {
"context": [],
"id": "did:cheqd:testnet:3e6bd814-6851-4c8a-b114-c64f035ef590",
"controller": ["did:cheqd:testnet:3e6bd814-6851-4c8a-b114-c64f035ef590"],
"authentication": ["did:cheqd:testnet:3e6bd814-6851-4c8a-b114-c64f035ef590#key-1"],
"assertionMethod": [],
"capabilityInvocation": [],
"capabilityDelegation": [],
"keyAgreement": [],
"alsoKnownAs": [],
"verificationMethod": [
{
"id": "did:cheqd:testnet:3e6bd814-6851-4c8a-b114-c64f035ef590#key-1",
"type": "Ed25519VerificationKey2020",
"controller": "did:cheqd:testnet:3e6bd814-6851-4c8a-b114-c64f035ef590",
"publicKeyMultibase": "z6MkuBcREn1LjuDCe9FfSa7WLa3yY51KFoSEg2fUifzQqVy1"
}
],
"service": []
},
"keys": [
{
"publicKeyHex": "074035480cdcf09c33b1e8066deb55c75822c8c3b27f1c100717eb413bc08e06",
"privateKeyHex": "84ecb7d289dd5c5e82071f8a16503ba5d7b5b3174a619186f430918a6ab00e3b074035480cdcf09c33b1e8066deb55c75822c8c3b27f1c100717eb413bc08e06",
"kid": "074035480cdcf09c33b1e8066deb55c75822c8c3b27f1c100717eb413bc08e06",
"type": "Ed25519"
}
],
"versionId": [
"" // optional
],
"fee": {
"amount": [{
"denom": "ncheq",
"amount": "50000000000"
}],
"gas": "400000",
"payer": "cheqd1rnr5jrt4exl0samwj0yegv99jeskl0hsxmcz96"
}
}
```
Assuming you have enough `ncheq` tokens inside your wallet, you can now run the command below to create your DID.
```bash
veramo execute -m cheqdCreateIdentifier --argsFile path/to/payload.json
```
If the above `cmd` resulted something like this:
`Account does not exist on chain. Send some tokens there before trying to query sequence.`
This means you don't have enough tokens in your wallet.
You can go to cheqd's [testnet faucet](https://studio.cheqd.net/) (log in to cheqd Studio and go to **Account** > **Balances & Faucet**) to get your account some test tokens. Tokens are sent to the wallet address tied to your cheqd Studio account; to fund a different address, contact the cheqd team on [Discord](https://discord.gg/cheqd).
After successfully creating your DID, you should see something like this:
```bash
Result : {
"did": "did:cheqd:testnet:3e6bd814-6851-4c8a-b114-c64f035ef590",
"controllerKeyId": "074035480cdcf09c33b1e8066deb55c75822c8c3b27f1c100717eb413bc08e06",
"keys": [
{
"type": "Ed25519",
"kid": "074035480cdcf09c33b1e8066deb55c75822c8c3b27f1c100717eb413bc08e06",
"publicKeyHex": "074035480cdcf09c33b1e8066deb55c75822c8c3b27f1c100717eb413bc08e06",
"meta": {
"algorithms": [
"Ed25519",
"EdDSA"
]
},
"kms": "local"
}
],
"services": [],
"provider": "did:cheqd:testnet",
"alias": "your-alias"
}
```
Notice, `controllerKeyId` is now the `publicKeyHex` you generated the firstly. i.e did is know associated to you via `publickKeyHex` or you're the controller of this the DID you created. 😄
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