Puppet Function: is_ipv6_address

Defined in:
puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_ipv6_address.rb
Function type:
Ruby 3.x API

Overview

is_ipv6_address() ⇒ Any

Returns true if the string passed to this function is a valid IPv6 address.

Returns:

  • (Any) 


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# File 'puppet/modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/is_ipv6_address.rb', line 6

newfunction(:is_ipv6_address, :type => :rvalue, :doc => <<-EOS
Returns true if the string passed to this function is a valid IPv6 address.
  EOS
) do |arguments|

  function_deprecation([:is_ipv6_address, 'This method is deprecated, please use the stdlib validate_legacy function, with Stdlib::Compat::Ipv6. There is further documentation for validate_legacy function in the README.'])

  require 'ipaddr'

  if (arguments.size != 1) then
    raise(Puppet::ParseError, "is_ipv6_address(): Wrong number of arguments "+
      "given #{arguments.size} for 1")
  end

  begin
    ip = IPAddr.new(arguments[0])
  rescue ArgumentError
    return false
  end

  return ip.ipv6?
end