Force use of IP other than 127.0.0.1 for localhost

and overwrite Helm chart with the provided IP address.

config/localhost.yaml

@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
+# 127.0.0.1.nip.io will not work because when pods try to use it,
+# the domain will resolve to the pod itself.
+# The deploy.py overwrite the 127.0.0.1 to the user IP address.
 binderhub:
   config:
     BinderHub:
       # Use Kubernetes DNS
-      hub_url: http://hub:8081
+      hub_url: http://jupyterhub.127.0.0.1.nip.io
       use_registry: false
 
   extraConfig:

deploy.py

@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ def get_config_files(release, config_dir="config"):
     return config_files
 
 
-def deploy(release, name=None, dry_run=False, diff=False):
+def deploy(release, name=None, dry_run=False, diff=False, ip_address=None):
     """Deploys a federation member to a k8s cluster.
 
     Waits for deployments and daemonsets to become Ready
@@ -238,6 +238,14 @@ def deploy(release, name=None, dry_run=False, diff=False):
     for config_file in config_files:
         helm.extend(["-f", config_file])
 
+    if release == "localhost":
+        helm.extend([
+            "--set", f"binderhub.config.BinderHub.hub_url=http://jupyterhub.{ip_address}.nip.io",
+            "--set", f"binderhub.ingress.hosts={{{ip_address}.nip.io}}",
+            "--set", f"binderhub.jupyterhub.ingress.hosts={{jupyterhub.{ip_address}.nip.io}}",
+            "--set", f"static.ingress.hosts={{static.{ip_address}.nip.io}}",
+        ])
+
     check_call(helm, dry_run)
     print(
         BOLD + GREEN + f"SUCCESS: Helm {helm_commands[0]} for {release} completed" + NC,
@@ -460,6 +468,10 @@ def main():
         action="store_true",
         help="If the script is running locally, skip auth step",
     )
+    argparser.add_argument(
+        "--local-ip",
+        help="IP address of the local machine",
+    )
     argparser.add_argument(
         "--dry-run",
         action="store_true",
@@ -483,6 +495,9 @@ def main():
     if args.release == "localhost":
         args.local = True
 
+        if args.local_ip is None:
+            raise ValueError("Cluster localhost requires IP address.")
+
     # if one argument given make cluster == release
     cluster = args.cluster or args.release
 
@@ -536,7 +551,7 @@ def main():
     if args.stage in ("all", "certmanager"):
         setup_certmanager(args.dry_run, args.diff)
     if args.stage in ("all", "mybinder"):
-        deploy(args.release, args.name, args.dry_run, args.diff)
+        deploy(args.release, args.name, args.dry_run, args.diff, args.local_ip)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":