SNAP Error – Server can't access it's own images – logo3w.png

[Joyce]

Getting this error message:
SNAP Error Log for http://www.walksbesidecoaching.com‏
Array ( [0] => Array ( [date] => 2014-09-03 20:56:57 [act] => Error [msg] => -=ERROR=- Server can’t access it’s own images. (Image URL: https://www.google.com/images/srpr/logo3w.png) Most probably it’s a DNS problem. Please contact your hosting provider. O:8:”WP_Error”:2:{s:6:”errors”;a:1:{s:19:”http_request_failed”;a:1:{i:0;s:17:”SSL connect error”;}}s:10:”error_data”;a:0:{}} [extInfo] => [type] => E [nt] => IMAGE ) )

I tried unchecking “Verify Featured Image” but did not help.

[NextScripts.com]

The answer is in the FAQ – #1.4:

Support FAQ

[Karsten]

I also get this messge several times a day (many posts). As you can see, it’s not answered in the FAQs. The problem is that – why ever – SNAP uses https instead of http. And the certificate of the hoster is a self signed one.

Array ( [0] => Array ( [date] => 2015-06-04 10:36:45 [act] => Error [msg] => -=ERROR=- Server can’t access it’s own images. (Image URL: https://deister-echo.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Unbenannt1.jpg) Most probably it’s a DNS problem. Please contact your hosting provider. O:8:”WP_Error”:2:{s:6:”errors”;a:1:{s:19:”http_request_failed”;a:1:{i:0;s:48:“SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate”;}}s:10:”error_data”;a:0:{}} [extInfo] => [type] => E [nt] => IMAGE ) [1] => Array ( [date] => 2015-06-04 10:37:29 [act] => Error [msg] => -=ERROR=- Server can’t access it’s own images. (Image URL: https://deister-echo.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/RPB_7484.jpg) Most probably it’s a DNS problem. Please contact your hosting provider. O:8:”WP_Error”:2:{s:6:”errors”;a:1:{s:19:”http_request_failed”;a:1:{i:0;s:48:”SSL certificate problem: self signed certificate”;}}s:10:”error_data”;a:0:{}} [extInfo] => [type] => E [nt] => IMAGE ) )

How do I tell SNAP not to use https?

Karsten

[James Winstanley]

I’ve solved this issue. If you are hosting the website yourself, you will need to resolve the hostname locally.

On windows:

Windows -> System32 -> drivers -> etc -> hosts

add your local ip, followed by the hostname:

192.168.***.*** example.com

This will allow the plugin to resolve the host locally, instead of trying to contact the DNS server and getting confused since the destination is hosted locally.

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