Updates give curl 6 error, can’t resolve host

  • Resolved gvh

    (@gvh)


    6 years, 10 months ago

    Both WordPress and plugin updates give a curl 6 error. This is happening on a local server in Virtual Box. I know there are many network problems and other possibilities here. But the onset of this was sudden and involves 5 different sites in the same way.

    I’m here because I don’t think this is my server.

    All my error messages in WordPress are directed at the url downloads.www.ads-software.com.

    In my operating system (with the server off), when I us the command curl https://downloads.www.ads-software.com, it yields a 404 redirect. The same is true if I just navigate to this url with a browser. And I get “unknown host” if I ping this url. I get the same results if I use a different operating system and a different machine.

    Is this 404 normal and expected? If that is true, then I’d go back to troubleshooting the server and network. And that would be fine.

    In the meantime, I’ve dropped all firewalls to no avail.

    Any ideas? I’d very much appreciate any suggestion.

    Thanks.

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  • I think the 404 on that URL is probably intentional from a browser. It’s a “not found” rather than a redirect.

    A couple things you can check:

    Test cURL by using this URL instead to see if it’s working okay:

    https://downloads.www.ads-software.com/release/wordpress-4.9.5.zip

    Then see if this returns an ip address: nslookup downloads.www.ads-software.com

    Thread Starter gvh

    (@gvh)

    Thanks Clayton James.

    Yes, that url worked for me. The curl worked and I could also download the zip file by entering the url in my browser. The nslookup of downloads.www.ads-software.com gave 198.143.164.250.

    I saw this nslookup result before. But now I also see that the zip file is accessible and waiting on the server for me to download.

    Perhaps I should not mark this as resolved. But since I can now see that the zip file is available, I think this problem is most likely not a WordPress issue. Thus it’s probably not within the scope of this forum unless somebody thinks otherwise.

    Thanks again Clayton James

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