Why am I receiving "'Cannot connect to proxy.', gaierror(11004, 'getaddrinfo failed')" error when adding data to Splunk?

[skora]

I am getting the below error when trying add data to Splunk

⚠ ('Cannot connect to proxy.', gaierror(11004, 'getaddrinfo failed')) 

[stanwin · Accepted solution]

error means it couldn't resolve/reach your host.

see below:

https://answers.splunk.com/answers/443021/python-sdk-connection-error-socketgaierror-errno-1.html