Chef Error: Network Error: getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or

rajeshkumar created the topic: ERROR: Network Error: getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or

Issues –
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knife bootstrap uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr -x root -P Br356YS0iy –sudo –node-name firefox
Doing old-style registration with the validation key at /Users/rajesh.kumar/.chef/scmgalaxy-validator.pem…
Delete your validation key in order to use your user credentials instead

Connecting to uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
> Existing Chef installation detected
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Starting first Chef Client run…
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr [2015-08-20T12:10:17-04:00] WARN:
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr SSL validation of HTTPS requests is disabled. HTTPS connections are still
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr encrypted, but chef is not able to detect forged replies or man in the middle
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr attacks.
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr To fix this issue add an entry like this to your configuration file:
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr “`
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr # Verify all HTTPS connections (recommended)
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr ssl_verify_mode :verify_peer
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr # OR, Verify only connections to chef-server
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr verify_api_cert true
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr “`
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr To check your SSL configuration, or troubleshoot errors, you can use the
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr `knife ssl check` command like so:
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr “`
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr knife ssl check -c /etc/chef/client.rb
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr “`
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Starting Chef Client, version 11.16.2
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Creating a new client identity for firefox using the validator key.
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr resolving cookbooks for run list: []
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Synchronizing Cookbooks:
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Compiling Cookbooks…
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr [2015-08-20T12:10:21-04:00] WARN: Node firefox has an empty run list.
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Converging 0 resources
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Running handlers:
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Running handlers complete
uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr Chef Client finished, 0/0 resources updated in 4.732276995 seconds
MAMSIT1026467:.chef rajesh.kumar$ knife bootstrap {{uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr}} –ssh-user {{root}} –ssh-password ‘{{Br356YS0iy}}’ –sudo –use-sudo-password –node-name firefox1
Doing old-style registration with the validation key at /Users/rajesh.kumar/.chef/scmgalaxy-validator.pem…
Delete your validation key in order to use your user credentials instead

Connecting to {{uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr}}
ERROR: Network Error: getaddrinfo: nodename nor servname provided, or not known
Check your knife configuration and network settings
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Solution –
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I am not able to find the problem with the above commands but following commands is working perfectly….
knife bootstrap uvo1t75faaktzc532w6.vm.cld.sr -x root -P Br356YS0iy –sudo –node-name firefox
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