getaddrinfo nodename nor servname provided or not known

Question

I have a Ruby on Rails application that I am deploying on a computer running Mac OS X 10.6. The code where the problem arises is run by a delayed_job. The problem only occurs when it is run through delayed_job. If I run it within a console (rails console production) or call the API directly through cURL, it works without any problems. Also, the entire process works without issue in my development environment.

Basically, the code works in one place, but for some reason, fails where it has to work. I've searched and found a few resources, but none of the suggestions apply or make any difference. When I log into the server and run the commands, everything works. But for some reason when they are run/started by Capistrano, it doesn't work.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Important notes:

Ruby version: 1.9.2-p0
Rails version: 3.0.1
delayed_job version: latest (from collectiveidea/delayed_job)
rest-client version: 1.6.1

Code:

class CallApi < Struct.new(:num)
  def perform
    log "Entering perform"
    apinum = num || 5
    log "ApiNum = #{apinum}"
    results = attempt(2,10) do
      ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(RestClient.get(API_URL, {:params => {:apinum => apinum}}))
    end
    log "Results retrieved. (count: #{results.count})"
  end

  def log(message)
    Delayed::Worker.logger.info "[CallApi] #{Time.now} - #{message}"
  end
end

Environment Config (note: the url is fake, but of the same form as the real one):

API_URL = "http://api.example.org/api_endpoint"
# Originally, I had "http://" before the beginning, but found a
# post mentioning that Net::Http.start didn't like that.
# So I tried it both ways.
# The same error occurs regardless of if the "http://" is there.

Call where the error happens:

RestClient.get(API_URL, {:params => {:apinum => apinum}})

Error:

getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known
/Users/api/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:644:in `initialize'
/Users/api/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:644:in `open'
/Users/api/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:644:in `block in connect'
/Users/api/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/timeout.rb:44:in `timeout'
/Users/api/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/timeout.rb:87:in `timeout'
/Users/api/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:644:in `connect'
/Users/api/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:637:in `do_start'
/Users/api/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/net/http.rb:626:in `start'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/rest-client-1.6.1/lib/restclient/request.rb:166:in `transmit'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/rest-client-1.6.1/lib/restclient/request.rb:60:in `execute'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/rest-client-1.6.1/lib/restclient/request.rb:31:in `execute'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/rest-client-1.6.1/lib/restclient.rb:68:in `get'
/private/var/www/project-gemset/releases/20101109002137/lib/call_api.rb:7:in `block in perform'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/attempt-0.2.0/lib/attempt.rb:70:in `attempt'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/attempt-0.2.0/lib/attempt.rb:114:in `attempt'
/private/var/www/project-gemset/releases/20101109002137/lib/call_api.rb:6:in `perform'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/backend/base.rb:77:in `invoke_job'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/worker.rb:118:in `block (2 levels) in run'
/Users/api/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/timeout.rb:57:in `timeout'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/worker.rb:118:in `block in run'
/Users/api/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/benchmark.rb:309:in `realtime'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/worker.rb:117:in `run'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/worker.rb:176:in `reserve_and_run_one_job'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/worker.rb:102:in `block in work_off'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/worker.rb:101:in `times'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/worker.rb:101:in `work_off'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/worker.rb:76:in `block (2 levels) in start'
/Users/api/.rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.2-p0/lib/ruby/1.9.1/benchmark.rb:309:in `realtime'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/worker.rb:75:in `block in start'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/worker.rb:72:in `loop'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/worker.rb:72:in `start'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/command.rb:100:in `run'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/command.rb:79:in `block in run_process'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/daemons-1.1.0/lib/daemons/application.rb:250:in `call'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/daemons-1.1.0/lib/daemons/application.rb:250:in `block in start_proc'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/daemons-1.1.0/lib/daemons/daemonize.rb:199:in `call'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/daemons-1.1.0/lib/daemons/daemonize.rb:199:in `call_as_daemon'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/daemons-1.1.0/lib/daemons/application.rb:254:in `start_proc'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/daemons-1.1.0/lib/daemons/application.rb:294:in `start'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/daemons-1.1.0/lib/daemons/application_group.rb:159:in `block (2 levels) in start_all'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/daemons-1.1.0/lib/daemons/application_group.rb:158:in `fork'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/daemons-1.1.0/lib/daemons/application_group.rb:158:in `block in start_all'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/daemons-1.1.0/lib/daemons/application_group.rb:157:in `each'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/daemons-1.1.0/lib/daemons/application_group.rb:157:in `start_all'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/daemons-1.1.0/lib/daemons/controller.rb:80:in `run'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/daemons-1.1.0/lib/daemons.rb:193:in `block in run_proc'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/daemons-1.1.0/lib/daemons/cmdline.rb:112:in `call'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/daemons-1.1.0/lib/daemons/cmdline.rb:112:in `catch_exceptions'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/gems/daemons-1.1.0/lib/daemons.rb:192:in `run_proc'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/command.rb:78:in `run_process'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/command.rb:72:in `block in daemonize'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/command.rb:70:in `times'
/Users/api/.rvm/gems/ruby-1.9.2-p0@project-gemset/bundler/gems/delayed_job-aba9905764c2/lib/delayed/command.rb:70:in `daemonize'
script/delayed_job:5:in `'

User · Answer

If all of the above fails  try to convert to UNIX Line Endings  or do   brew install dos2unix sudo dos2unix -c mac  private etc hosts   Maybe the hosts encoding is wrong   hope this helps

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In my config application yml I have changed this  redis      url   redis   redis 6379 0    to this  redis      url   redis   localhost 6379 0    and it works for me

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For me  I had to change a line of code in my local env yml to get the rspec tests to run   I had originally had   REDIS HOST   redis   and changed it to   REDIS HOST   localhost   and the test ran fine

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I fixed this problem simply by closing and reopening the Terminal

User · Answer

I had this problem running rake db create  This page clued me into the DNS issue  I checked my VPN connection and found it was disconnected for some reason  I reconnected and now rake worked without a hitch

User · Answer

The error occurs when the DNS resolution fails  Check if you can wget  or curl  the api url from the command line  Changing the DNS server and testing it might help

User · Answer

I got the same error when I check the localhost is set in hosts file it is somehow not set  Setting localhost to 127 0 0 1 solved it   sudo vi  etc hosts  gt  gt   127 0 0 1       localhost

User · Answer

To avoid this problem  we can bind to 127 0 0 1 instead of localhost   bin rails server -b 127 0 0 1

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rest-client s RestClient needs the http  scheme when resolving the URL  It calls Net  HTTP for you  which doesn t want the http  part  but rest-client takes care of that   Is the URL the actual one you are attempting to reach  example org is a valid domain used for testing and documentation and is reachable  I d expect the  api  and  api endpoint  parts to fail and see that when I try to reach them   require  socket   IPSocket getaddress  example org       gt   2620 0 2d0 200  10  IPSocket getaddress  api example org       gt       gt  - 7 in  getaddress   getaddrinfo  nodename nor servname provided  or not known  SocketError      gt     from - 7 in   lt main gt     Here s what I get using Curl   greg-mbp-wireless   greg  curl api example org api endpoint curl   6  Couldn t resolve host  api example org  greg-mbp-wireless   greg  curl example org api endpoint  lt  DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC  -  IETF  DTD HTML 2 0  EN  gt   lt html gt  lt head gt   lt title gt 404 Not Found lt  title gt   lt  head gt  lt body gt   lt h1 gt Not Found lt  h1 gt   lt p gt The requested URL  api endpoint was not found on this server  lt  p gt   lt hr gt   lt address gt Apache Server at example org Port 80 lt  address gt   lt  body gt  lt  html gt  greg-mbp-wireless   greg  curl example org  lt  DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC  -  W3C  DTD HTML 4 01 Transitional  EN  gt   lt HTML gt   lt HEAD gt     lt META http-equiv  Content-Type  content  text html  charset utf-8  gt     lt TITLE gt Example Web Page lt  TITLE gt   lt  HEAD gt    lt body gt     lt p gt You have reached this web page by typing  amp quot example com amp quot    amp quot example net amp quot   amp quot example org amp quot   or  amp quot example edu amp quot  into your web browser  lt  p gt   lt p gt These domain names are reserved for use in documentation and are not available    for registration  See  lt a href  http   www rfc-editor org rfc rfc2606 txt  gt RFC    2606 lt  a gt   Section 3  lt  p gt   lt  BODY gt   lt  HTML gt

User · Answer

I got the error while trying to develop while disconnected to the Internet  However  the website I was working on needs to be able to talk to some other websites  so it choked when it couldn t do so  Connecting to the internet fixed the error

User · Answer

I ran into a similar situation today - deploying an app to a mac os x server, and receiving the 'getaddrinfo' message when I tried to access an external api. It turns out that the error occurs when the ssh session that originally launched the app is no longer active. That's why everything works perfectly if you ssh into your server and run commands manually (or launch the server manually) - as long as you keep your ssh session alive, this error won't occur.

Whether this is a bug or a quirk in OS X, I'm not sure. Here's the page that led me to the solution - http://lists.apple.com/archives/unix-porting/2010/Jul/msg00001.html

All I had to do was update my capistrano task to launch the app using 'nohup'. So changing

run "cd #{current_path} && RAILS_ENV=production unicorn_rails -c config/unicorn.rb -D"

to

run "cd #{current_path} && RAILS_ENV=production nohup unicorn_rails -c config/unicorn.rb -D"

did the trick for me.

Hope this helps somebody - it was quite a pain to figure out!

User · Answer

I was seeing this error unrelated to rails. It turned out my test was trying to use a port that was too high (greater than 65535).

This code will produce the error in question

require 'socket'
Socket.getaddrinfo("127.0.0.1", "65536")

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I restarted my computer  Mac Mountain Lion  and the problem fixed itself  Something having to do with the shell thinking it was disconnected from the internet I think   Restarting your shell in some definite way may solve this problem as well  Simply opening up a new session window however did not work

[ruby-on-rails] getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known

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