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KB0818993

Outbound Rest Message failed with error message 'Unknown host'


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Issue

Outbound Rest Message failing with error message "Unknown host" and Response body we can see "[ERROR CODE: -1 ]".

Release

All

Cause

If I try to resolve the host from the node where the instance is running, it returns the same error "Unknown host".By the look of it, that endpoint seems to be running on an internal resource. This most likely means that the endpoint cannot be resolved by the external.

Resolution

We need to use MID server to access the endpoint or endpoint to need to host to access from the public network

Please check below screenshot to add the MID server on the Rest Message :


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