FirebaseAppError: Failed to determine project ID

[wasay-k]

I'm using useFirebaseAdminDefaultCredential in initAuth. However, when I run the server, it gives me the following error:

FirebaseAppError: Failed to determine project ID: Error while making request: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND metadata.google.internal. Error code: ENOTFOUND
at /home/wasaykhan/projects/next-js/server-final/node_modules/firebase-admin/lib/app/credential-internal.js:192:19
at process.processTicksAndRejections (node:internal/process/task_queues:95:5) {
errorInfo: {
code: 'app/invalid-credential',
message: 'Failed to determine project ID: Error while making request: getaddrinfo ENOTFOUND metadata.google.internal. Error code: ENOTFOUND'
},
codePrefix: 'app'
}

In env.local, I have exported GOOGLE_APPLICATION_CREDENTIALS with the path to my service account key file.
I have tried setting useFirebaseAdminDefaultCredential to false and manually providing the options for the firebaseAdminInitConfig from my service account file with no luck.
firebaseAdminInitConfig: { credential: { project_id: "", private_key: "", client_email: "", }, //databaseURL: 'https://my-example-app.firebaseio.com', I am not using Realtime Database },
Any help, please? I'd be really grateful if someone could help me out