Puppet Function: validate_ip_address

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

Summary

Validate that all values passed are valid IP addresses, regardless they are IPv4 or IPv6 Fail compilation if any value fails this check.

Overview

validate_ip_address()Any

Examples:

*Usage*

The following values will pass:

  $my_ip = "1.2.3.4"
  validate_ip_address($my_ip)
  validate_ip_address("8.8.8.8", "172.16.0.1", $my_ip)

  $my_ip = "3ffe:505:2"
  validate_ip_address(1)
  validate_ip_address($my_ip)
  validate_ip_address("fe80::baf6:b1ff:fe19:7507", $my_ip)

The following values will fail, causing compilation to abort:

  $some_array = [ 1, true, false, "garbage string", "3ffe:505:2" ]
  validate_ip_address($some_array)

Returns:

  • (Any)

    passes when the given values are valid IP addresses or raise an error when they are not and fails compilation



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# File 'vendor_modules/stdlib/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_ip_address.rb', line 7

newfunction(:validate_ip_address, doc: <<-DOC
  @summary
    Validate that all values passed are valid IP addresses,
    regardless they are IPv4 or IPv6
    Fail compilation if any value fails this check.

  @return
    passes when the given values are valid IP addresses or raise an error when they are not and fails compilation

  @example **Usage**
    The following values will pass:

      $my_ip = "1.2.3.4"
      validate_ip_address($my_ip)
      validate_ip_address("8.8.8.8", "172.16.0.1", $my_ip)

      $my_ip = "3ffe:505:2"
      validate_ip_address(1)
      validate_ip_address($my_ip)
      validate_ip_address("fe80::baf6:b1ff:fe19:7507", $my_ip)

    The following values will fail, causing compilation to abort:

      $some_array = [ 1, true, false, "garbage string", "3ffe:505:2" ]
      validate_ip_address($some_array)
  DOC
) do |args|
  require 'ipaddr'
  rescuable_exceptions = [ArgumentError]

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

  if defined?(IPAddr::InvalidAddressError)
    rescuable_exceptions << IPAddr::InvalidAddressError
  end

  if args.empty?
    raise Puppet::ParseError, "validate_ip_address(): wrong number of arguments (#{args.length}; must be > 0)"
  end

  args.each do |arg|
    unless arg.is_a?(String)
      raise Puppet::ParseError, "#{arg.inspect} is not a string."
    end

    begin
      unless IPAddr.new(arg).ipv4? || IPAddr.new(arg).ipv6?
        raise Puppet::ParseError, "#{arg.inspect} is not a valid IP address."
      end
    rescue *rescuable_exceptions
      raise Puppet::ParseError, "#{arg.inspect} is not a valid IP address."
    end
  end
end