Carlos,
Maybe better to post a new thread if it is important and link to this one
if requires.
Richard
On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 8:30 PM, Carlos <carlosgali...@gmail.com> wrote:
> HI,
>
> I just saw this error in my server log, just once, with the following
> entry:
>
> ERROR:web2py:Traceback (most recent call last):
> File "/home/www-data/web2py/gluon/main.py", line 401, in wsgibase
> socket.gethostbyname(http_host)]
> gaierror: [Errno -2] Name or service not known
>
> So far it is just that one occurrence (and not from a web request
> generated by me).
>
> And so far all web requests from my end work ok.
>
> Should I act on it somehow?.
>
> I'm using latest web2py trunk, with ubuntu 10.04, postgresql, nginx,
> uwsgi-python.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Carlos
>
>
> On Wednesday, May 16, 2012 3:58:22 PM UTC-5, Chris wrote:
>>
>>
>> I wrote a patch to fix the problem on my server, which is basically just
>> commenting out that line (main.py:390ish):
>>
>> local_hosts = [http_host,'::1','127.0.0.1','**
>> ::ffff:127.0.0.1']
>> if not global_settings.web2py_**runtime_gae:
>> local_hosts += [socket.gethostname()]
>> # socket.gethostbyname(http_**host)]
>>
>> It looks like that line is just to check for the request is coming from
>> the externally facing IP. Could that perhaps be wrapped in a try-catch
>> block and the results cached?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Chris
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 10:01:33 AM UTC-5, Richard wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't know if you have any constrain, but for testing purpose you can
>>> use nginx setup script in web2py/scripts folder... There is one for ubuntu
>>> at least...
>>>
>>> RicharD
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Chris <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm using web2py with nginx, and I've experienced the following error
>>>> on redeploying my app:
>>>>
>>>> socket.gethostbynamesocket.**gethostbyname(http_host) File "/var/
>>>> web2py/cow/gluon/main.py", line 396, in wsgibase
>>>> socket.gethostbyname(http_**host)]
>>>> gaierror: [Errno -2] Name or service not known
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I traced this down to a particular section in gluon/main.py:
>>>>
>>>> local_hosts = [http_host,'::1','127.0.0.1','**::ffff:
>>>> 127.0.0.1']
>>>> if not global_settings.web2py_**runtime_gae:
>>>> local_hosts += [socket.gethostname(),
>>>> socket.gethostbyname(http_**host)]
>>>>
>>>> As it turns out, http_host (the value above) is mapped to the
>>>> nginx.conf value for http_host:
>>>>
>>>> upstream custom_server_name {
>>>> server 127.0.0.1:8000;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It seems like what's happening is that web2py is receiving the http;//
>>>> custom_server_name instead of http://localhost, and
>>>> socket.gethostbyname() chokes on that. Is there something I should be
>>>> changing in the configuration to prevent this from happening?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 10:01:33 AM UTC-5, Richard wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't know if you have any constrain, but for testing purpose you can
>>> use nginx setup script in web2py/scripts folder... There is one for ubuntu
>>> at least...
>>>
>>> RicharD
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Chris <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm using web2py with nginx, and I've experienced the following error
>>>> on redeploying my app:
>>>>
>>>> socket.gethostbynamesocket.**gethostbyname(http_host) File "/var/
>>>> web2py/cow/gluon/main.py", line 396, in wsgibase
>>>> socket.gethostbyname(http_**host)]
>>>> gaierror: [Errno -2] Name or service not known
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I traced this down to a particular section in gluon/main.py:
>>>>
>>>> local_hosts = [http_host,'::1','127.0.0.1','**::ffff:
>>>> 127.0.0.1']
>>>> if not global_settings.web2py_**runtime_gae:
>>>> local_hosts += [socket.gethostname(),
>>>> socket.gethostbyname(http_**host)]
>>>>
>>>> As it turns out, http_host (the value above) is mapped to the
>>>> nginx.conf value for http_host:
>>>>
>>>> upstream custom_server_name {
>>>> server 127.0.0.1:8000;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It seems like what's happening is that web2py is receiving the http;//
>>>> custom_server_name instead of http://localhost, and
>>>> socket.gethostbyname() chokes on that. Is there something I should be
>>>> changing in the configuration to prevent this from happening?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>> On Tuesday, December 6, 2011 10:01:33 AM UTC-5, Richard wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't know if you have any constrain, but for testing purpose you can
>>> use nginx setup script in web2py/scripts folder... There is one for ubuntu
>>> at least...
>>>
>>> RicharD
>>>
>>> On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 5:48 PM, Chris <> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I'm using web2py with nginx, and I've experienced the following error
>>>> on redeploying my app:
>>>>
>>>> socket.gethostbynamesocket.**gethostbyname(http_host) File "/var/
>>>> web2py/cow/gluon/main.py", line 396, in wsgibase
>>>> socket.gethostbyname(http_**host)]
>>>> gaierror: [Errno -2] Name or service not known
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I traced this down to a particular section in gluon/main.py:
>>>>
>>>> local_hosts = [http_host,'::1','127.0.0.1','**::ffff:
>>>> 127.0.0.1']
>>>> if not global_settings.web2py_**runtime_gae:
>>>> local_hosts += [socket.gethostname(),
>>>> socket.gethostbyname(http_**host)]
>>>>
>>>> As it turns out, http_host (the value above) is mapped to the
>>>> nginx.conf value for http_host:
>>>>
>>>> upstream custom_server_name {
>>>> server 127.0.0.1:8000;
>>>> }
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It seems like what's happening is that web2py is receiving the http;//
>>>> custom_server_name instead of http://localhost, and
>>>> socket.gethostbyname() chokes on that. Is there something I should be
>>>> changing in the configuration to prevent this from happening?
>>>>
>>>
>>>
