Cannot connect to Redis server on .local domain

[danthe1st]

• Version:
  Redis version: 3.0.504
  Node Redis: 2.8.0
• Platform:
  NodeJS v10.15.2 on WSL 2(Ubuntu 19.10 on Windows 10 x86_64 / 4.19.43-microsoft-standard)
  Redis on Windows 10 (Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18936.1000])
• Description:
  If I connect to the redis server on Windows 10 from node redis on WSL using the IP (WSL Interface) of the host, everything works fine.
  Also, it works if I connect from WSL 1 to the server using the domain(.local is not needed here) or when I connect to the redis server running on WSL2(without .local/see Note).
  But, if I connect to the redis server using the hostname(<hostname of the (real) machine>.local), I get the following error:

Error: Redis connection to <hostname of the (real) machine>.local:6379 failed - getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND <hostname of the (real) machine>.l
ocal <hostname of the (real) machine>.local:6379
    at GetAddrInfoReqWrap.onlookup [as oncomplete] (dns.js:57:26)
Emitted 'error' event at:
    at RedisClient.on_error (/home/dan/daydream/node_modules/redis/index.js:406:14)
    at Socket.<anonymous> (/home/dan/daydream/node_modules/redis/index.js:279:14)
    at Socket.emit (events.js:189:13)
    at emitErrorNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:82:8)
    at emitErrorAndCloseNT (internal/streams/destroy.js:50:3)
    at process._tickCallback (internal/process/next_tick.js:63:19)

[Notes]:
If you do not include the .local in WSL2, the hostname will resolve to the WSL2 VM and not the host.
I can also connect to the redis server and enter commands using the Command telnet <hostname of the (real) machine>.local 6379.

[knoxcard2]

Are you running Linux on Windows?
Sounds like you have the same setup as me (WSL).

Make sure you are running NodeJS and Redis Server in your Linux environment.
Do not have redis-server.exe running in Windows and nodeJS running in Linux.

[danthe1st]

Yes, see the description

NodeJS v10.15.2 on WSL 2(Ubuntu 19.10 on Windows 10 x86_64 / 4.19.43-microsoft-standard)
Redis on Windows 10 (Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18936.1000])

[danthe1st]

My question is why it does not work with the .local domain but with the IP hardcoded.

[BridgeAR]

Seems like there's an issue resolving the domain name. It is not directly related to the Redis client though. To verify that you could just run open the REPL to open a socket connection to your domain name. It should fail as well.