Error when on VPN

[FreeTheSmoke]

Attempting to authenticate with API token using 'doctl auth init' was not possible when on my VPN (Service:Private Internet Access. Server:Melbourne, Aus) it prompts for entry of the token, but after that it just spews thousands of lines of junk.
I saw cloudflare written somewhere amongst it all and after dropping the VPN, and authenticating with token, VPN can be used again.

Blasting a whole webpage, including images onto the stdout is not super helpful, could you maybe detect the use of CLI Client and change the behavior to a short, helpful message?

[bkiac]

I have the same error problem.
This is the error message:

Error: Get "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/account": dial tcp: lookup api.digitalocean.com on [::1]:53: dial udp [::1]:53: connect: cannot assign requested address

Disabling VPN resolves the issue.

[andrewsomething]

Are you able to access api.digitalocean.com at all with your VPN enabled (e.g. using curl)? Or does this only effect doctl?

[bkiac]

Yes, it only affects doctl.

$ curl -X GET -H "Content-Type: application/json" -H "Authorization: Bearer $DO_TOKEN" "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/account"
{"account":{"droplet_limit":10,"floating_ip_limit":3,"volume_limit":10,"email":"<my email>","uuid":"<my uuid>","email_verified":true,"status":"active","status_message":""}}

$ doctl account get
Error: Get "https://api.digitalocean.com/v2/account": dial tcp: lookup api.digitalocean.com on [::1]:53: dial udp [::1]:53: connect: cannot assign requested address

[scotchneat]

@FreeTheSmoke & @bkiac can you share which OS you're using?

[bkiac]

My OS is Pop!_OS 20.04 LTS and my VPN is ExpressVPN 3.0.2.12.

[bentranter]

This may be related to golang/go#25321.