- infos = Information about the ipaddr plugin is in keys below
- infos/author = Thomas Waser thoma.nosp@m.s.wa.nosp@m.ser@l.nosp@m.ibel.nosp@m.ektra.nosp@m..org
- infos/licence = BSD
- infos/needs =
- infos/provides = check
- infos/recommends =
- infos/placements = presetstorage
- infos/status = maintained unittest nodep
- infos/metadata = check/ipaddr
- infos/description = Validation for IP addresses
IP Address Validation
Introduction
This plugin validates IP addresses using regular expressions.
Usage
`` @section autotoc_md217 Mount
ipaddrplugin to cascading namespace
/examples/ipaddr` kdb mount config.dump /examples/ipaddr dump ipaddr
Check the validity of the IP stored in <tt>/examples/ipaddr/ipv4</tt>
kdb setmeta /examples/ipaddr/ipv4 check/ipaddr ipv4
Try to set an incorrect IP address
kdb set /examples/ipaddr/ipv4 127.0.0.1337
STDERR: .*Sorry, the error .#51. occurred.*⏎
Description: value of key is not a valid IP Address⏎
.*
Reason: Validation of key user/examples/ipaddr/ipv4 with value 127.0.0.1337 failed⏎
.*
RET: 5
Set a correct IPv4 address
kdb set /examples/ipaddr/ipv4 127.0.0.1 kdb get /examples/ipaddr/ipv4 #> 127.0.0.1
By default the plugin allows both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses
kdb setmeta /examples/ipaddr/address check/ipaddr ""
Set correct IP addresses
kdb set /examples/ipaddr/address 1.2.3.4 kdb set /examples/ipaddr/address ::1
Try to set incorrect addresses
kdb set /examples/ipaddr/address bad::ip
RET: 5
kdb set /examples/ipaddr/address 1.2.-3.4
RET: 5
Undo modifications to the database
kdb rm -r /examples/ipaddr kdb umount /examples/ipaddr ```
Limitations
The plugin only checks IP addresses for validity. It is not able to resolve hostnames. If you are looking for a plugin that supports hostnames, check out the network plugin.