Merge pull request #546 from jdevesa/validate_ip

Add validator for any IP address

1 files changed, 50 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_ip_address.rb b/lib/puppet/parser/functions/validate_ip_address.rb
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+module Puppet::Parser::Functions
+
+  newfunction(:validate_ip_address, :doc => <<-ENDHEREDOC
+    Validate that all values passed are valid IP addresses,
+    regardless they are IPv4 or IPv6
+    Fail compilation if any value fails this check.
+    The following values will pass:
+    $my_ip = "1.2.3.4"
+    validate_ip_address($my_ip)
+    validate_bool("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_bool("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)
+    ENDHEREDOC
+  ) do |args|
+
+    require "ipaddr"
+    rescuable_exceptions = [ ArgumentError ]
+
+    if defined?(IPAddr::InvalidAddressError)
+      rescuable_exceptions << IPAddr::InvalidAddressError
+    end
+
+    unless args.length > 0 then
+      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? or 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
+
+end