提供的节点名或服务名，或者未知

Question

I get this Python error

File "/Library/Frameworks/Python.framework/Versions/2.7/lib/python2.7/urllib2.py", line 1184, in do_open
    raise URLError(err)
urllib2.URLError: <urlopen error [Errno 8] nodename nor servname provided, or not known>
FINISHED

When I try to create the bulkoader.yaml file for a Google App Engine datastore on Mac Os Mavericks, Python 2.7

Answer 1

Are you on a VPN by chance. There is an issue on MacOS with several VPN clients that can cause this error. Especially if it is trying to determine your local machines name. It goes way for me if I sign off of my work VPN, or add the machines host name to the /etc/hosts file.