TUN-3534: Specific error message when credentials file is a .pem not .json

Author: adamchalmers

cmd/cloudflared/tunnel/subcommand_context.go

@@ -120,6 +120,12 @@ func (sc *subcommandContext) readTunnelCredentials(tunnelID uuid.UUID) (*pogs.Tu
 
 	var auth pogs.TunnelAuth
 	if err = json.Unmarshal(body, &auth); err != nil {
+		if strings.HasSuffix(filePath, ".pem") {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("The tunnel credentials file should be .json but you gave a .pem. "+
+				"The tunnel credentials file was originally created by `cloudflared tunnel create` and named %s.json."+
+				"You may have accidentally used the filepath to cert.pem, which is generated by `cloudflared tunnel "+
+				"login`.", tunnelID)
+		}
 		return nil, errInvalidJSONCredential{path: filePath, err: err}
 	}
 	return &auth, nil