Description of problem: I have an NFS server setup with a RHEL 8.3 install. When I try to setup a network source during the installation and try to put an IPv6 address as the server address, it will say invalid host name. Ex. [ff:f:f:f::f]:/nfsshare Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 8.3 How reproducible: Easily reproducible Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start an installation of RHEL 8.3 2. Go to installation source 3. Enter an NFS url of [ipv6 address]:[share] 4. Press Done Actual results: Should allow the URL to be passed in and return to installation menu and connect to NFS server Expected results: Invalid Host Name message Additional info:
(In reply to vuisdaog from comment #0) > ... > Actual results: > Should allow the URL to be passed in and return to installation menu and > connect to NFS server From my understanding, it's the installation process that can't parse the ipv6 address. If the [ipv6 address]:[share] is available, there's no problem on the NFS side IMO.
(In reply to Yongcheng Yang from comment #1) > (In reply to vuisdaog from comment #0) > > ... > > Actual results: > > Should allow the URL to be passed in and return to installation menu and > > connect to NFS server > > From my understanding, it's the installation process that can't parse the > ipv6 address. > > If the [ipv6 address]:[share] is available, there's no problem on the NFS > side IMO. Yeah, you are correct. I just didn't know which category to put the bug in if it was an installation bug.
I'm moving this over to the anaconda team, which probably is not correct (please feel free to re-triage it).
After evaluating this issue, there are no plans to address it further or fix it in an upcoming release. Therefore, it is being closed. If plans change such that this issue will be fixed in an upcoming release, then the bug can be reopened.
Reopening, reproduced with RHEL-8.6. 1) The following format is refused as an invalid host name: [ff:f:f:f::f]:/nfsshare 2) The following format is accepted without any errors/warnings in GUI, but not used by the installer: ff:f:f:f::f:/nfsshare And the following error can be found in anaconda.log: ERR ui.gui.spokes.installation_source: ValueError: too many values to unpack (expected 2) So, 1) should be accepted and used by the installer, 2) should be refused as an invalid host name or parsed properly.