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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/facter/ipaddress6.rb')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/facter/ipaddress6.rb | 27 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/facter/ipaddress6.rb b/lib/facter/ipaddress6.rb index 547d636..b494b9d 100644 --- a/lib/facter/ipaddress6.rb +++ b/lib/facter/ipaddress6.rb @@ -1,17 +1,26 @@ +# Fact: ipaddress6 +# +# Purpose: Returns the "main" IPv6 IP address of a system. +# +# Resolution: +# OS dependant code that parses the output of various networking +# tools and currently not very intelligent. Returns the first +# non-loopback and non-linklocal address found in the ouput unless +# a default route can be mapped to a routeable interface. Guessing +# an interface is currently only possible with BSD type systems +# to many assumptions have to be made on other platforms to make +# this work with the current code. Most code ported or modeled +# after the ipaddress fact for the sake of similar functionality +# and familiar mechanics. +# +# Caveats: +# + # Cody Herriges <c.a.herriges@gmail.com> # # Used the ipaddress fact that is already part of # Facter as a template. -# OS dependant code that parses the output of various networking -# tools and currently not very intelligent. Returns the first -# non-loopback and non-linklocal address found in the ouput unless -# a default route can be mapped to a routeable interface. Guessing -# an interface is currently only possible with BSD type systems -# to many assumptions have to be made on other platforms to make -# this work with the current code. Most code ported or modeled -# after the ipaddress fact for the sake of similar functionality -# and familiar mechanics. Facter.add(:ipaddress6) do confine :kernel => :linux setcode do |