https://bz.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=59868
--- Comment #5 from Michael Osipov <1983-01...@gmx.net> ---
(In reply to Christopher Schultz from comment #4)
> (In reply to Michael Osipov from comment #0)
> > I have configured my Connector to listen to address="127.0.0.1" only. Single
> > hostname for this is "localhost". Though, the HTMLManager displays in Server
> > Information my regular host name and the IP address of the second NIC
> > (VirtualBox Host-Only Adapter).
> >
> > Code:
> > try {
> > InetAddress address = InetAddress.getLocalHost();
> > args[6] = address.getHostName();
> > args[7] = address.getHostAddress();
> > } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
> > args[6] = "-";
> > args[7] = "-";
> > }
> >
> > I would expect to display the information this Connector and Host is
> > accepting, remove this information altogether or document that this
> > information does not reflect configuration
> > (docs/html-manager-howto.html#Server_Information).
>
> Yeah, InetAddress.getLocaleHost() doesn't behave the way that most people
> would expect. Most people would expect it to grab the "localhost" IP address
> and use that. It doesn't.
>
> Instead, it asks the OS what the hostname of the current machine is, then
> uses that. So if your hostname is "erasmus", then InetAddress.getLocalHost
> will return that name + its IP address even if you have bound the connector
> to 127.0.0.1.
>
> Note that there is no relationship whatsoever between your <Connector> and
> InetAddress.getLocaLhost. InetAddress has no idea you are running Tomcat or
> using a Connector or that your connector is bound to 127.0.0.1.
>
> I'll have a look at this because, as you say, it's quite surprising.
>
> Unfortunately, most servers will be configured to listen to 0.0.0.0 (all
> interfaces) and then ... we're back to using InetAddress.getLocalHost to
> figure out what our "host name" is.
I am aware of this. That's the reason I am reporting this. The information
displayed is misleading. I would at least expect the docs to be updated or this
information removed.
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