ask new (with all defaults) fails

[fwornle]

I'm submitting a...

[ ] Regression (a behavior that used to work and stopped working in a new release)
[x] Bug report  
[ ] Performance issue
[ ] Feature request
[ ] Documentation issue or request 
[ ] Other... Please describe: 

Creation of new skill project, hosted on Alexa ("Hello World"), fails. The command returns with:
[Error]: Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND ask-tools-core-content.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com

Not sure what I can do to get "Hello World" to run. I am using ASK version 2.24.1 and have linked it to my Developer Account without linking it to my AWS account (as this has been reported to fail, see issue 401)

Expected Behavior

Initialization of a "hello world" skill with all defaults (as suggested in the documentation) does not fail.

Current Behavior

Initialization of a "hello world" skill with all defaults (as suggested in the documentation) fails:

λ ask new
Please follow the wizard to start your Alexa skill project ->
? Choose the programming language you will use to code your skill: NodeJS
? Choose a method to host your skill's backend resources: Alexa-hosted skills
Host your skill code by Alexa (free).
? Choose the default region for your skill: eu-west-1
? Please type in your skill name: Hello World
? Please type in your folder name for the skill project (alphanumeric): HelloWorld
[Error]: Error: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND ask-tools-core-content.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com

CLI Snapshot

Steps to Reproduce (for bugs)

(see above)

Possible Solution

Your Environment and Context

• ask-cli version: 2.24.1
• Operating System and version: Win-10
• Node.js version used for development: v14.18.0
• NPM version used for development: 6.14.15

[jsetton]

@fwornle this is a DNS error. As far as I can see, it is resolving using the Google DNS server for example. This could be related to the DNS server you are pointing to.

> nslookup ask-tools-core-content.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com 8.8.8.8
Server:  dns.google
Address:  8.8.8.8

Non-authoritative answer:
Name:    s3-us-west-2-r-w.amazonaws.com
Address:  52.218.248.89
Aliases:  ask-tools-core-content.s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com

[fwornle]

Hi Jeremy,

Thank you for the hint... is there anything you can recommend I can do about this? Not sure, if I have influence on something like this. Is there something I could try on my machine to know for sure?

BR,
Frank.

[jsetton]

You need to check your network settings and determine why your machine isn't able to resolve that address. There is most likely an issue with your local environment.