I used the solution found here: Something bad happened: in create new site - #22 by spenserhale and it worked. However now I’m getting the samer error at the updating the DNS server step.
Here’s what the main.log file says:
[2026-01-14 09:19:58.471] [info] [hosts] Add host entries: [
{
“ip”: “127.0.0.1”,
“host”: “site-name.local”,
“wrapper”: “DEVKINSTA”
},
{
“ip”: “127.0.0.1”,
“host”: “www.site-name.local”,
“wrapper”: “DEVKINSTA”
},
{
“ip”: “::1”,
“host”: “site-name.local”,
“wrapper”: “DEVKINSTA”
},
{
“ip”: “::1”,
“host”: “www.site-name.local”,
“wrapper”: “DEVKINSTA”
}
]
[2026-01-14 09:19:58.512] [info] [ProgressIndicator] { isFailed: false, isOpen: true }
[2026-01-14 09:19:58.565] [error] ERROR: Error: 26:27: syntax error: Expected “"” but found unknown token. (-2741)
at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1281370)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1091:16)
at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:449:11)
at Socket.emit (node:events:513:28)
at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:322:12)
[2026-01-14 09:19:58.565] [error] [ipcMainStep] Error in operation SITE_CREATION, step hostfile: Error: 26:27: syntax error: Expected “"” but found unknown token. (-2741)
at ChildProcess.<anonymous> (/Applications/DevKinsta.app/Contents/Resources/app.asar/main.prod.js:8:1281370)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:events:513:28)
at ChildProcess.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at maybeClose (node:internal/child_process:1091:16)
at Socket.<anonymous> (node:internal/child_process:449:11)
at Socket.emit (node:events:513:28)
at Socket.emit (node:domain:489:12)
at Pipe.<anonymous> (node:net:322:12)
[2026-01-14 09:19:58.608] [info] [ProgressIndicator] { isFailed: true, isOpen: true }