Unable to get product info error showing in console

Issue

When building projects, users are getting the below error in the console:


FAILURE: Build failed with an exception.

* Where:
Settings file 'C:\Users\ABC\Downloads\Dev\liferay\example\settings.gradle' line: 16

* What went wrong:
A problem occurred evaluating settings 'example'.
> Failed to apply plugin 'com.liferay.workspace'.
   > Could not create an instance of type com.liferay.gradle.plugins.workspace.WorkspaceExtension.
      > Unable to get product info for :dxp-7.2-sp3

* Try:
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* Get more help at https://help.gradle.org

CONFIGURE FAILED in 21s

Environment

Liferay 7.2
Liferay 7.3
Liferay 7.4

Resolution

One of the instances of this error is due to https://release.liferay.com/ site being down while using liferay.workspace.product=dxp-7.2-sp3 (or any workspace project)
Users can manage to work around this issue, by using the 'bom' file instead of the API. In gradle.properties file, change liferay.workspace.product=dxp-7.2-sp3 to liferay.workspace.target.platform.version=7.2.10.3
```
liferay.workspace.target.platform.version=7.2.10.3
```

And, set the setting.gradle to use the latest workspace plugin:

buildscript {
 dependencies {
 classpath group: "biz.aQute.bnd", name: "biz.aQute.bnd", version: "5.2.0"
 classpath(group: "com.liferay", name: "com.liferay.gradle.plugins.workspace", version: "9.1.5") {
 exclude group: "biz.aQute.bnd", module: "biz.aQute.bnd"
 }
 classpath group: "net.saliman", name: "gradle-properties-plugin", version: "1.4.6"
 }

 repositories {
 maven {
 url "https://repository-cdn.liferay.com/nexus/content/groups/public"
 }

 maven {
 url "https://repository.liferay.com/nexus/content/groups/public"
 }
 }
}

apply plugin: "net.saliman.properties"

apply plugin: "com.liferay.workspace"

Note: After changing the workspace plugin version, if an error occurs during the build, adjust the version to match your workspace by referring to this link.

Additional Information

release.dxp.bom-7.2.10.3.pom