v4.0.4

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -2,11 +2,21 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. This project uses [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
 
+## 4.0.4 (2019-04-20)
+
+### Bug Fixes
+
+* Check for IPv6 interfaces before attempting to listen on `::` ([#261](https://github.com/oznu/homebridge-config-ui-x/issues/261))
+
+### Other Changes
+
+* Added `host` config option to allow users to manually specify which interface/ip address the web interface should listen on
+
 ## 4.0.3 (2019-04-20)
 
 ### Bug Fixes
 
-* Fixed bug that prevented web service listening on IPv6 interfaces ([#260](https://github.com/oznu/homebridge-config-ui-x/issues/260))
+* Fixed bug that prevented the web service listening on IPv6 interfaces ([#260](https://github.com/oznu/homebridge-config-ui-x/issues/260))
 
 ## 4.0.2 (2019-04-19)
 

config.schema.json

@@ -182,6 +182,10 @@
         "title": "Do not run the Config UI web server in a seperate process/thread",
         "type": "boolean"
       },
+      "host": {
+        "title": "The host ip address to listen on. In most cases this will be '::' or '0.0.0.0'",
+        "type": "string"
+      },
       "debug": {
         "title": "Enable / disable debug logging",
         "type": "boolean"

package.json

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "homebridge-config-ui-x",
-  "version": "4.0.3",
+  "version": "4.0.4",
   "description": "Configuration UI plugin for Homebridge",
   "license": "MIT",
   "author": "oznu <[email protected]>",

src/core/config/config.service.ts

@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ export class ConfigService {
   public ui: {
     name: string;
     port: number;
+    host?: '::' | '0.0.0.0' | string;
     auth: 'form' | 'none';
     theme: string;
     sudo?: boolean;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ export class ConfigService {
       shutdown?: string;
       restart?: string;
     };
+    debug?: boolean;
     proxyHost?: string;
     sessionTimeout?: number;
     websocketCompatibilityMode?: boolean;

src/core/config/config.startup.ts

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ export async function getStartupConfig() {
   }
 
   const config = {} as {
+    host?: '::' | '0.0.0.0' | string;
     httpsOptions?: {
       key?: Buffer,
       cert?: Buffer,
@@ -26,6 +27,14 @@ export async function getStartupConfig() {
     debug?: boolean;
   };
 
+  // check if IPv6 is available on this host
+  const ipv6 = Object.entries(os.networkInterfaces()).filter(([net, addresses]) => {
+    return addresses.find(x => x.family === 'IPv6');
+  }).length;
+
+  config.host = ui.host || (ipv6 ? '::' : '0.0.0.0');
+
+  // preload ssl settings
   if (ui.ssl && ((ui.ssl.key && ui.ssl.cert) || ui.ssl.pfx)) {
     config.httpsOptions = {
       key: ui.ssl.key ? await fs.readFile(ui.ssl.key) : undefined,
@@ -35,10 +44,12 @@ export async function getStartupConfig() {
     };
   }
 
+  // preload proxy host settings
   if (ui.proxyHost) {
     config.cspWsOveride = `wss://${ui.proxyHost} ws://${ui.proxyHost}`;
   }
 
+  // preload debug settings
   if (ui.debug) {
     config.debug = true;
   } else {

src/main.ts

@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ async function bootstrap() {
   // serve spa on all 404
   app.useGlobalFilters(new SpaFilter());
 
-  logger.warn(`Console v${configService.package.version} is listening on port ${configService.ui.port}`);
-  await app.listen(configService.ui.port, '::');
+  logger.warn(`Console v${configService.package.version} is listening on ${startupConfig.host} port ${configService.ui.port}`);
+  await app.listen(configService.ui.port, startupConfig.host);
 }
 bootstrap();