Cannot update servoy 3.5

Classic Servoy
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This may be the wrong area, but could not figure out where to post.
I have servoy v 3.5. want to upgrade to 3.10. In developer, clicking on “Help” then clicking on update, or, at cmd typing in the servoy folder java -jar servoy_server_updater.jar , will not work , I get this error. If anyone can help I’d appreciate it

here is the entry:

[stevek@localhost servoy]$ java -jar servoy_server_updater.jar
Current Servoy version 518
Checking for new Servoy version
Starting/working in: /srv/servoy
Loading version info…
log4j:WARN No appenders could be found for logger (com.servoy.j2db.util.Debug).
log4j:WARN Please initialize the log4j system properly.
Exception in thread “main” java.net.UnknownHostException: downloads.servoy.com
at java.net.PlainSocketImpl.connect(PlainSocketImpl.java:177)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:520)
at java.net.Socket.connect(Socket.java:470)
at sun.net.NetworkClient.doConnect(NetworkClient.java:157)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:388)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.openServer(HttpClient.java:523)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.(HttpClient.java:231)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:304)
at sun.net.www.http.HttpClient.New(HttpClient.java:321)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getNewHttpClient(HttpURLConnection.java:813)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.plainConnect(HttpURLConnection.java:765)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.connect(HttpURLConnection.java:690)
at sun.net.www.protocol.http.HttpURLConnection.getInputStream(HttpURLConnection.java:934)
at java.net.URL.openStream(URL.java:1007)
at com.servoy.j2db.develop.cmd.VersionCheck.loadVersionInfoFile(Unknown Source)
at com.servoy.j2db.develop.cmd.VersionCheck.main(Unknown Source)
[1]+ Done

, thanks

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Does ping work to downloads.servoy.com from that computer? It looks like there is a connection problem and the updater can’t connect to the update site…

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Thanks! I did a ping and got “unknown host” I am back to our DNS server being messed up again. Can I specify a URL with servoy-updater? Like java-jar servoy_updateer.sh 55.55.55.555?

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You are welcome :). No, currently you cannot specify URL as argument.

5

Got the DNS addy’s re-plugged in. Apparently their stuff hiccups in storms when power blinks , will have to remember when bad weather rolls in, the DNS roll out. Wonder if I can make my own DNS servers even though I get the IP’s through a provider?

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On windows, even without a DNS you can make your list of static IP…

Just edit the file c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts (hosts is the file with no extension)
Open it with a text editor and type the IP like this:

127.0.0.1 localhost
87.233.30.52 downloads.servoy.com

Just the IP a space and the domain (or subdomain)
The next time you run any app, it will use these addresses.

But that’s really a hack so beware that if Servoy changes their IP in the future you will have to edit this file again…
Use only on rainy days ;-)