Troubleshooting

Scenario

You can receive the message “Please Enter a Valid URL” when adding the Secret Server URL parameter. This happens when an IP address was entered as the Secret Server URL box.

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Resolution

Use a fully qualified domain name instead of an IP address.

  1. Click Save.

  2. If the problem persists, follow these steps:

    • Get the fully qualified domain name of the machine.
    • Search for the etc/hosts file on the machine. In Windows, the path of this file is C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts.
    • Add an entry with the IP address and the FQDN of the machine to the hosts file (see an example below) and restart the machine.

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