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Greg Bowering commented on FLUME-1798:
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Appears that *{{.bind = 0}}* works the same as *{{.bind = 0.0.0.0}}* on Ubuntu.
I did some tests on various conceivable values for bind and got some
interesting results, summarised below:
|| .bind = || Connectivity Test Result ||
| 0.0.0.0 | Can connect from anywhere via ipv4 or ipv6 |
| 0 | Can connect from anywhere via ipv4 or ipv6 |
| localhost | Only local loopback. Only via ipv4 |
| 127.0.0.1 | Only local loopback. Only via ipv4 |
| _hostname_ | Only local loopback via hostname (which resolved to
127.0.*1*.1). Only via ipv4 |
| ::1 | Only local loopback. Only via ipv6 |
| _ip.v4.add.ress_ | Only via eth0 interface. Only via ipv4 |
| _ip:v6:add:ress:global:_ | Only via eth0 interface. Only via ipv6 |
I'm not familiar with how to submit a doc patch for apache hosted projects such
as Flume... do I need to first clone the git repo then edit
*{{flume-ng-doc/sphinx/FlumeUserGuide.rst}}*?
> Avro source can't bind to wildcard address. Problem with ipv6
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>
> Key: FLUME-1798
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FLUME-1798
> Project: Flume
> Issue Type: Bug
> Components: Sinks+Sources
> Affects Versions: v1.3.0
> Environment: Server: Ubuntu 12.04.1 x86_64 (with IPv6), OpenJDK
> 64-bit IcedTea7 2.3.3
> Client: WinXP (no IPv6), Oracle Java JRE build 1.7.0_05-b05
> Reporter: Greg Bowering
> Priority: Minor
> Labels: AvroSource, avro
> Original Estimate: 1h
> Remaining Estimate: 1h
>
> Thanks for developing Flume-NG :)
> However requiring bind address for AvroSource seems problematic here!
> On WinXP I only have IPv4 available, and bind address same as the hostname
> works just fine.
> When I migrated my Flume agent to Ubuntu, this no longer works since binding
> to the server hostname by default seems to only accept incoming IPv6
> connections. This breaks for me since all my clients only have IPv4.
> I found I could force AvroSource to accept IPv4 only by binding using the
> IPv4 address in the conf rather than the hostname.
> This is unsatisfactory since in many cases servers have dynamically assigned
> IP addresses.
> Furthermore, in some cluster deployment scenarios, even hostnames are not
> always static (e.g. standing up an EC2 spot-instance to process logs). It
> would be much simpler to configure a cluster of Flume agents without having
> to insert the hostname or IP address in all the conf files, i.e. allow
> AvroSource to bind to the wildcard address. This is a simple fix (omit the
> {{Configurables.ensureRequiredNonNull}} on {{BIND_KEY}} in
> {{AvroSource#configure(Context)}})
> If sysadmins wish to lock-down network interfaces then there are
> firewalls/iptables for that kind of stuff...
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