Unreachable Target Error

Troubleshoot unreachable target issues in Pynt. Learn how to identify and fix problems preventing Pynt from accessing your API targets.

If Pynt reports this error, it means that the specified API endpoint is not accessible. This guide will help you troubleshoot and resolve issues that may be preventing Pynt from reaching your API targets, ensuring your security scans can run successfully.

Message: We identified that your target is unreachable. Please make sure your target is up and running.

What Happened: The Host for the test is not reachable from Pynt’s container

How To Resolve:

1. Make sure the correct environment file is selected in the Postman UI

2. Make sure the server undergoing the testing is up and running

3. Make sure the server is accessible from the Postman UI by running the functional tests

4. If your target is deployed locally use localhost instead of 127.0.0.1 in your functional tests

5. Make sure the server is accessible from Docker container by running the following commands in a command prompt:

docker run -it alpine:latest /bin/sh
apk add curl
curl <SERVER_URL>

Replace <SERVER_URL> with the URL of your server