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Werk #14560: LIVESTATUS_TCP_ONLY_FROM now allows IPv6 addresses

Component Site management
Title LIVESTATUS_TCP_ONLY_FROM now allows IPv6 addresses
Date Sep 16, 2022
Level Trivial Change
Class Bug Fix
Compatibility Compatible - no manual interaction needed
Checkmk versions & editions
2.2.0b1 Checkmk Community, Checkmk Pro, Checkmk Ultimate, Checkmk Ultimate MT

Previously, using the command omd config set LIVESTATUS_TCP_ONLY_FROM with any IPv6 address would fail. For example, the command

$ omd config set LIVESTATUS_TCP_ONLY_FROM "0.0.0.0 ::/0"

resulted in Invalid value for '0.0.0.0 ::/0'. Does not match allowed pattern.

With this werk, each IP address is matched using ipaddress.ip_network from the Python standard library. In particular, this allows the usage of IPv6 addresses.

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