Cannot specify what address to listen on, and hardoced IPv4

[jktjkt]

I have IPv6-only network, and I'm running the Mikrotik exporter on the same node as my TSDB. The address that the mktxp export listens on is currently not configurable, so I cannot easily set it to localhost. Also, it only listens on an IPv4 socket. For those like me who want a quick fix, it's like this:

diff --git a/mktxp/flow/processor/base_proc.py b/mktxp/flow/processor/base_proc.py
index f42766e..8c84212 100644
--- a/mktxp/flow/processor/base_proc.py
+++ b/mktxp/flow/processor/base_proc.py
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ from mktxp.cli.output.wifi_out import WirelessOutput
 from mktxp.cli.output.dhcp_out import DHCPOutput
 from mktxp.cli.output.conn_stats_out import ConnectionsStatsOutput

+import socket
+

 class ExportProcessor:
     ''' Base Export Processing
@@ -38,7 +40,8 @@ class ExportProcessor:

     @staticmethod
     def run(server_class=HTTPServer, handler_class=MetricsHandler, port=None):
-        server_address = ('', port)
+        server_class.address_family = socket.AF_INET6
+        server_address = ('::1', port)
         httpd = server_class(server_address, handler_class)
         current_time = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
         print(f'{current_time} Running HTTP metrics server on port {port}')

Since this is super-hacky and because the underlying API library also needs a patch for connecting to IPv6-only routers (https://github.com/socialwifi/RouterOS-api/pull/88), I'm just reporting an issue and not sending a patch. A proper fix is not a one-liner I'm afraid because the Python HTTP library apparently requires jumping through some hoops (https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/f289084c83190cc72db4a70c58f007ec62e75247) for this.

[leahoswald]

It would be really great if this was configurable. Would like to set it to localhost only but patching code in prod isn't that great. Should be an easy fix.

[akpw]

should be fixed in the latest, described here