npm install error - getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN registry.npmjs.org:443

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Everytime I try to npm install a file I get the following error: getaddrinfo EAI_AGAIN registry.npmjs.org:443

I am using stefanscherer/node-windows:8.9.3 image but have had this issue with many other images as well.

Initial npm error: npm-error

npm logs: npm-error-2

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Created 6 years ago
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binarymistcommented, Apr 18, 2018

This known issue for Docker and is discussed in detail here: https://development.robinwinslow.uk/2016/06/23/fix-docker-networking-dns/

Simple fix is to create the file /etc/docker/daemon.json

and insert:

{
    "dns": ["10.0.0.2", "8.8.8.8"]
}

where 10.0.0.2 is the first DNS server your machine requests records from, and 8.8.8.8 is the fallback DNS server, google in this case.

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edvegascommented, Feb 26, 2020

I couldn’t resolve issue with adding DNS setting to docker daemon, but I found another solution (maybe this will be useful for someone) - just use host network to resolve dns names by adding --network host setting, ex.: docker build . --network host -t mytag ...

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