Last Modified
2015-08-25 09:56:02 -0400
Requires
  • facter/util/ip
  • facter/util/ip/windows

Description

Fact: ipaddress6

Purpose: Returns the "main" IPv6 IP address of a system.

Resolution:

OS-dependent code that parses the output of various networking
tools and currently not very intelligent. Returns the first
non-loopback and non-linklocal address found in the ouput unless
a default route can be mapped to a routable interface. Guessing
an interface is currently only possible with BSD-type systems;
too many assumptions have to be made on other platforms to make
this work with the current code. Most of this code is ported or
modeled after the ipaddress fact for the sake of similar
functionality and familiar mechanics.

Caveats: