A problem occurred communicating with the module server

[astuke]

Getting this on several sites with 1.11.9. Some of them are ok, and some work part of the time. How do i troubleshoot this?

[chandra]

Check system informations - on some hosts outgoing server connections are not allowed (for security reasons).

[velden]

Note that you can install modules manually as a work-around. Also needed if you want to use an older version of a specific module.

Download de module from the forge, extract the download and upload the module's folder to /modules

Then via Menu -> Extensions -> Modules choose 'install' link

[astuke]

My checkmarks are all green, what am I looking for?

I use Virtualmin, so all sites are the same settings server side, and it seams that my sites that I have installed new are working, but the ones that I have had for a long time that have been upgraded are not.

[astuke]

Test for remote URL (test_remote_url) Success
fsockopen: Connection ok! Success
fopen: Connection ok! Success

[psy]

Experienced this problem myself today on a site that I had previously downloaded several modules. Refreshed the screen and tried again. All worked

[astuke]

I can get it to work randomly if I refresh several times.
The other night I tried several times to manually add the modules and it told me the xml file was not valid.

I refreshed again, connected that time and was able to do it through the module server. I loaded two modules, then tried to do a third, and it said it could not communicate again.

[staartmees]

Download the tar.gz-file, expand it on your computer and upload it with FTP into Modules. Activate the module with Modules in the backend.