Leave defaults as ipv4 but add doc to settings

node-red · Mar 27, 2018 · a4f2637 · a4f2637
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diff --git a/red.js b/red.js
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ if (parsedArgs.port !== undefined){
     }
 }
 
-settings.uiHost = settings.uiHost||"::";
+settings.uiHost = settings.uiHost||"0.0.0.0";
 
 if (flowFile) {
     settings.flowFile = flowFile;
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ function getListenPath() {
     }
 
     var listenPath = 'http'+(settings.https?'s':'')+'://'+
-                    (settings.uiHost == '::'?'localhost':settings.uiHost)+
+                    (settings.uiHost == '::'?'localhost':(settings.uiHost == '0.0.0.0'?'127.0.0.1':settings.uiHost))+
                     ':'+port;
     if (settings.httpAdminRoot !== false) {
         listenPath += settings.httpAdminRoot;

diff --git a/settings.js b/settings.js
@@ -22,13 +22,11 @@ module.exports = {
     // the tcp port that the Node-RED web server is listening on
     uiPort: process.env.PORT || 1880,
 
-    // By default, the Node-RED UI accepts connections on all IPv4 and IPv6 interfaces.
-    // If for some reason IPv6 is not available, set uiHost to "0.0.0.0",
+    // By default, the Node-RED UI accepts connections on all IPv4 interfaces.
+    // To listen on all IPv6 addresses, set uiHost to "::",
     // The following property can be used to listen on a specific interface. For
     // example, the following would only allow connections from the local machine.
     //uiHost: "127.0.0.1",
-    // or for the ipv6 equivalent
-    //uiHost: "::1",
 
     // Retry time in milliseconds for MQTT connections
     mqttReconnectTime: 15000,