refactor 2

docs/kiwix-serve.rst

@@ -51,12 +51,11 @@ Options
 .. option:: -i ADDR, --address=ADDR
 
   Listen only on this IP address. By default the server listens on all
-  available IP addresses.
+  available IP addresses. Alternatively, you can use special values to define which types of connections to accept:
 
-
-.. option:: -6, --ipv6
-
-  Enable IPV6 support. Both IPV4 and IPV6 clients are compatible.
+  all : Accept connections from all IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6).
+  ipv4 : Accept connections from all IPv4 addresses.
+  ipv6 : Accept connections from all IPv6 addresses.
 
 
 .. option:: -p PORT, --port=PORT

src/man/kiwix-serve.1

@@ -28,11 +28,13 @@ By default, kiwix-serve expects a list of ZIM files as command line arguments. P
 
 .TP
 \fB-i ADDR, --address=ADDR\fR
-Listen only on this IP address. By default, the server listens on all available IP addresses.
+Listen only on this IP address. By default, the server listens on all available IP addresses. Alternatively, you can use special values to define which types of connections to accept:
 
-.TP
-\fB-6, --ipv6\fR
-Enable IPV6 support. Both IPV4 and IPV6 clients are compatible.
+all : Accept connections from all IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6).
+.br
+ipv4 : Accept connections from all IPv4 addresses.
+.br
+ipv6 : Accept connections from all IPv6 addresses.
 
 .TP
 \fB-p PORT, --port=PORT\fR

src/server/kiwix-serve.cpp

@@ -63,8 +63,7 @@ void usage()
             << "\t-h, --help\t\tPrint this help" << std::endl << std::endl
             << "\t-a, --attachToProcess\tExit if given process id is not running anymore" << std::endl
             << "\t-d, --daemon\t\tDetach the HTTP server daemon from the main process" << std::endl
-            << "\t-i, --address\t\tListen only on this ip address, all available ones otherwise" << std::endl
-            << "\t-6, --ipv6\t\tEnable IPV6 support" << std::endl
+            << "\t-i, --address\t\tListen only on this ip address, all available ones otherwise, or specify special values to accept connections from ipv4/ipv6/all devices" << std::endl
             << "\t-M, --monitorLibrary\tMonitor the XML library file and reload it automatically" << std::endl
             << "\t-m, --nolibrarybutton\tDon't print the builtin home button in the builtin top bar overlay" << std::endl
             << "\t-n, --nosearchbar\tDon't print the builtin bar overlay on the top of each served page" << std::endl
@@ -215,7 +214,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   bool blockExternalLinks = false;
   bool isVerboseFlag = false;
   bool monitorLibrary = false;
-  bool ipv6Flag = false;
   unsigned int PPID = 0;
   int ipConnectionLimit = 0;
   int searchLimit = 0;
@@ -230,7 +228,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
          {"nodatealiases", no_argument, 0, 'z'},
          {"nosearchbar", no_argument, 0, 'n'},
          {"blockexternallinks", no_argument, 0, 'b'},
-         {"ipv6", no_argument, 0, 'v'},
          {"attachToProcess", required_argument, 0, 'a'},
          {"port", required_argument, 0, 'p'},
          {"address", required_argument, 0, 'i'},
@@ -247,7 +244,7 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   while (true) {
     int option_index = 0;
     int c
-        = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hzmnbdvVl6a:p:f:t:r:i:c:ML:s:", long_options, &option_index);
+        = getopt_long(argc, argv, "hzmnbdvVla:p:f:t:r:i:c:ML:s:", long_options, &option_index);
 
     if (c != -1) {
       auto insertRes = usedOptions.insert(c);
@@ -310,9 +307,6 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
         case 's':
           searchLimit = atoi(optarg);
           break;
-        case '6':
-          ipv6Flag = true;
-          break;
         case '?':
           usage();
           return 2;
@@ -363,6 +357,19 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   auto libraryFileTimestamp = newestFileTimestamp(libraryPaths);
   auto curLibraryFileTimestamp = libraryFileTimestamp;
 
+  /* Infer ipMode from address */
+  kiwix::IpMode ipMode = kiwix::IpMode::ipv4;
+
+  if (address == "all"){
+    address = "";
+    ipMode = kiwix::IpMode::all;
+  } else if (address == "ipv4"){
+    address = "";
+  } else if (address == "ipv6"){
+    address = "";
+    ipMode = kiwix::IpMode::ipv6;
+  }
+
 #ifndef _WIN32
   /* Fork if necessary */
   if (daemonFlag) {
@@ -404,14 +411,16 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
   server.setIndexTemplateString(indexTemplateString);
   server.setIpConnectionLimit(ipConnectionLimit);
   server.setMultiZimSearchLimit(searchLimit);
-  server.setIPv6(ipv6Flag);
+  server.setIpMode(ipMode);
 
   if (! server.start()) {
     exit(1);
   }
 
-  std::string url = "http://" + (server.isAddressIPv6()? "[" + server.getAddress() + "]" : server.getAddress())
-   + ":" + std::to_string(server.getPort()) + normalizeRootUrl(rootLocation);
+  std::string host = (server.getIpMode()==kiwix::IpMode::all || server.getIpMode()==kiwix::IpMode::ipv6)
+                     ? "[" + server.getAddress() + "]" : server.getAddress();
+
+  std::string url = "http://" + host + ":" + std::to_string(server.getPort()) + normalizeRootUrl(rootLocation);
   std::cout << "The Kiwix server is running and can be accessed in the local network at: "
             << url << std::endl;