Truffle migrate Error You must specify a network id in your development configuration in order to use this network

Question

When I run 

truffle migrate --reset

I am getting this error:

Error: You must specify a network_id in your 'development' configuration in order to use this network.

    at Object.detect (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/truffle-core/lib/environment.js:43:1)

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/truffle-core/lib/commands/migrate.js:91:1

    at finished (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/truffle-workflow-compile/index.js:53:1)

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/truffle-compile/index.js:314:1

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/truffle-compile/profiler.js:158:1

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/async/dist/async.js:3888:1

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/async/dist/async.js:473:1

    at replenish (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/async/dist/async.js:1006:1)

    at iterateeCallback (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/async/dist/async.js:995:1)

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/async/dist/async.js:969:1

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/async/dist/async.js:3885:1

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/truffle-compile/profiler.js:154:1

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/async/dist/async.js:1140:1

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/async/dist/async.js:473:1

    at iteratorCallback (/usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/async/dist/async.js:1064:1)

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/async/dist/async.js:969:1

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/~/async/dist/async.js:1137:1

    at /usr/local/lib/node_modules/truffle/build/webpack:/packages/truffle-compile/profiler.js:133:1

    at FSReqWrap.oncomplete (fs.js:153:5)

Answer 1

You have to mention the network id in truffle.js file. If you are not aware of your network id or/and you want to join any network, then you mention the property like:

network_id: '*'

This will match to any network id available.