Merge pull request #2615 from spotify/rugvip/ipvbork

backend-common: use localhost to fall back to IPv4 if IPv6 isn't available
2020-09-25 17:05:30 +02:00
parent e8f0c6b7b8 a211b681ad
commit bbf247e822
1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
@@ -49,7 +49,10 @@ export class SingleHostDiscovery implements PluginEndpointDiscovery {
    // Translate bind-all to localhost, and support IPv6
    let host = listenHost;
    if (host === '::') {
-      host = '::1';
+      // We use localhost instead of ::1, since IPv6-compatible systems should default
+      // to using IPv6 when they see localhost, but if the system doesn't support IPv6
+      // things will still work.
+      host = 'localhost';
    } else if (host === '0.0.0.0') {
      host = '127.0.0.1';
    }