Service Unavailable - DNS failure: Akamai malfunction makes numerous websites inaccessible
from David Wurm 
on July 22, 2021, 18:25 pm | 2 comments
Currently, the error message "Service Unavailable - DNS failure" is appearing on numerous websites on the Internet. A problem with the content delivery network (CDN) provider Akamai is currently the cause of the problem. What can you do?
Like Akamai currently on its own status page posts, there is currently a problem with the provider's "Edge DNS" service. Similar to Cloudflare, Akamai is located between the website server and the visitor who wants to access the site. The protective infrastructure - in this case from Akamai - thus protects the target server from attacks.
This error message "Service Unavailable - DNS failure" can currently be seen on numerous websites. (Image: TechnikNews/Screenshot)
Akamai Edge DNS down: Web pages cannot be reached
Sometimes it is falsely claimed that the Internet is out of order. Not true, it just feels like that because numerous websites use Akamai's infrastructure and are thus affected. As a user, there is currently nothing else you can do but wait and see. Such disturbances occur quite often and are no cause for alarm. Among other things, currently known websites such as Steam, PSN, Chip, Focus Online, Cyberport and OnePlus cannot be reached.
Update at 18:39 p.m.: The problem seems to have been resolved and most of the affected websites are back online.
Hello, I got the same issue here on a specific URL: https://ifmena.apolearn.com
what was the solution??
Hey, the only possibility in this case is to inform the server admin — as user you can do nothing, except waiting the error to be fixed.