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Kong: Name resolution failed

Sometimes when calling a service on kong you might get a response like this

HTTP/1.1 503 Service Temporarily Unavailable
Connection: keep-alive
Content-Length: 36
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 09:28:06 GMT
Server: kong/2.0.1
X-Kong-Response-Latency: 12

{
    "message": "name resolution failed"
}

What does it mean?

Kong cannot access the upstream.

  • Make sure the correct protocol http or https is used.
  • If the upstream’s TLS (SSL) HTTPS certificate cannot be verified then this response will be given.