Cargo.lock

@@ -1527,6 +1527,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "garage_util",
  "gethostname",
  "hex",
+ "ipnet",
  "itertools 0.12.1",
  "k8s-openapi",
  "kube",

Cargo.nix

@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ args@{
   ignoreLockHash,
 }:
 let
-  nixifiedLockHash = "1ccd5eb25a83962821e0e9da4ce6df31717b2b97a5b3a0c80c9e0e0759710143";
+  nixifiedLockHash = "fc41fb639a69d62c8c0fb3f9c227162162ebc8142c6fa5cd0599dc381dcd9ebb";
   workspaceSrc = if args.workspaceSrc == null then ./. else args.workspaceSrc;
   currentLockHash = builtins.hashFile "sha256" (workspaceSrc + /Cargo.lock);
   lockHashIgnored = if ignoreLockHash
@@ -2219,6 +2219,7 @@ in
       garage_util = (rustPackages."unknown".garage_util."1.0.0" { inherit profileName; }).out;
       gethostname = (rustPackages."registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index".gethostname."0.4.3" { inherit profileName; }).out;
       hex = (rustPackages."registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index".hex."0.4.3" { inherit profileName; }).out;
+      ipnet = (rustPackages."registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index".ipnet."2.9.0" { inherit profileName; }).out;
       itertools = (rustPackages."registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index".itertools."0.12.1" { inherit profileName; }).out;
       ${ if rootFeatures' ? "garage/kubernetes-discovery" || rootFeatures' ? "garage_rpc/k8s-openapi" || rootFeatures' ? "garage_rpc/kubernetes-discovery" then "k8s_openapi" else null } = (rustPackages."registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index".k8s-openapi."0.21.0" { inherit profileName; }).out;
       ${ if rootFeatures' ? "garage/kubernetes-discovery" || rootFeatures' ? "garage_rpc/kube" || rootFeatures' ? "garage_rpc/kubernetes-discovery" then "kube" else null } = (rustPackages."registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index".kube."0.88.1" { inherit profileName; }).out;
@@ -3016,8 +3017,8 @@ in
     registry = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index";
     src = fetchCratesIo { inherit name version; sha256 = "8f518f335dce6725a761382244631d86cf0ccb2863413590b31338feb467f9c3"; };
     features = builtins.concatLists [
-      (lib.optional (rootFeatures' ? "garage/consul-discovery" || rootFeatures' ? "garage_rpc/consul-discovery" || rootFeatures' ? "garage_rpc/reqwest") "default")
-      (lib.optional (rootFeatures' ? "garage/consul-discovery" || rootFeatures' ? "garage_rpc/consul-discovery" || rootFeatures' ? "garage_rpc/reqwest") "std")
+      [ "default" ]
+      [ "std" ]
     ];
   });
   

Cargo.toml

@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ hexdump = "0.1"
 hmac = "0.12"
 idna = "0.5"
 itertools = "0.12"
+ipnet = "2.9.0"
 lazy_static = "1.4"
 md-5 = "0.10"
 mktemp = "0.5"

doc/book/cookbook/real-world.md

@@ -152,6 +152,8 @@ Check the following for your configuration files:
 - Make sure `rpc_public_addr` contains the public IP address of the node you are configuring.
   This parameter is optional but recommended: if your nodes have trouble communicating with
   one another, consider adding it.
+  Alternatively, you can also set `rpc_public_addr_subnet`, which can filter
+  the addresses announced to other peers to a specific subnet.
 
 - Make sure `rpc_secret` is the same value on all nodes. It should be a 32-bytes hex-encoded secret key.
   You can generate such a key with `openssl rand -hex 32`.

doc/book/reference-manual/configuration.md

@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ rpc_secret = "4425f5c26c5e11581d3223904324dcb5b5d5dfb14e5e7f35e38c595424f5f1e6"
 rpc_bind_addr = "[::]:3901"
 rpc_bind_outgoing = false
 rpc_public_addr = "[fc00:1::1]:3901"
+# or set rpc_public_adr_subnet to filter down autodiscovery to a subnet:
+# rpc_public_addr_subnet = "2001:0db8:f00:b00:/64"
+
 
 allow_world_readable_secrets = false
 
@@ -543,6 +546,14 @@ RPC calls.  **This parameter is optional but recommended.** In case you have
 a NAT that binds the RPC port to a port that is different on your public IP,
 this field might help making it work.
 
+#### `rpc_public_addr_subnet` {#rpc_public_addr_subnet}
+In case `rpc_public_addr` is not set, but autodiscovery is used, this allows
+filtering the list of automatically discovered IPs to a specific subnet.
+
+For example, if nodes should pick *their* IP inside a specific subnet, but you
+don't want to explicitly write the IP down (as it's dynamic, or you want to
+share configs across nodes), you can use this option.
+
 #### `bootstrap_peers` {#bootstrap_peers}
 
 A list of peer identifiers on which to contact other Garage peers of this cluster.

src/rpc/Cargo.toml

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ bytes.workspace = true
 bytesize.workspace = true
 gethostname.workspace = true
 hex.workspace = true
+ipnet.workspace = true
 tracing.workspace = true
 rand.workspace = true
 itertools.workspace = true

src/rpc/system.rs

@@ -844,12 +844,20 @@ impl NodeStatus {
 	}
 }
 
-fn get_default_ip() -> Option<IpAddr> {
+/// Obtain the list of currently available IP addresses on all non-loopback
+/// interfaces, optionally filtering them to be inside a given IpNet.
+fn get_default_ip(filter_ipnet: Option<ipnet::IpNet>) -> Option<IpAddr> {
 	pnet_datalink::interfaces()
-		.iter()
-		.find(|e| e.is_up() && !e.is_loopback() && !e.ips.is_empty())
-		.and_then(|e| e.ips.first())
-		.map(|a| a.ip())
+		.into_iter()
+		// filter down and loopback interfaces
+		.filter(|i| i.is_up() && !i.is_loopback())
+		// get all IPs
+		.flat_map(|e| e.ips)
+		// optionally, filter to be inside filter_ipnet
+		.find(|ipn| {
+			filter_ipnet.is_some_and(|ipnet| ipnet.contains(&ipn.ip())) || filter_ipnet.is_none()
+		})
+		.map(|ipn| ipn.ip())
 }
 
 fn get_rpc_public_addr(config: &Config) -> Option<SocketAddr> {
@@ -877,7 +885,28 @@ fn get_rpc_public_addr(config: &Config) -> Option<SocketAddr> {
 			}
 		}
 		None => {
-			let addr = get_default_ip().map(|ip| SocketAddr::new(ip, config.rpc_bind_addr.port()));
+			// `No rpc_public_addr` specified, try to discover one, optionally filtering by `rpc_public_addr_subnet`.
+			let filter_subnet: Option<ipnet::IpNet> = config
+				.rpc_public_addr_subnet
+				.as_ref()
+				.and_then(|filter_subnet_str| match filter_subnet_str.parse::<ipnet::IpNet>() {
+					Ok(filter_subnet) => {
+						let filter_subnet_trunc = filter_subnet.trunc();
+						if filter_subnet.trunc() != filter_subnet {
+							warn!("`rpc_public_addr_subnet` changed after applying netmask, continuing with {}", filter_subnet.trunc());
+						}
+						Some(filter_subnet_trunc)
+					}
+					Err(e) => {
+						panic!(
+							"Cannot parse rpc_public_addr_subnet {} from config file: {}. Bailing out.",
+							filter_subnet_str, e
+						);
+					}
+				});
+
+			let addr = get_default_ip(filter_subnet)
+				.map(|ip| SocketAddr::new(ip, config.rpc_bind_addr.port()));
 			if let Some(a) = addr {
 				warn!("Using autodetected rpc_public_addr: {}. Consider specifying it explicitly in configuration file if possible.", a);
 			}

src/util/config.rs

@@ -85,6 +85,10 @@ pub struct Config {
 	/// Public IP address of this node
 	pub rpc_public_addr: Option<String>,
 
+	/// In case `rpc_public_addr` was not set, this can filter
+	/// the addresses announced to other peers to a specific subnet.
+	pub rpc_public_addr_subnet: Option<String>,
+
 	/// Timeout for Netapp's ping messagess
 	pub rpc_ping_timeout_msec: Option<u64>,
 	/// Timeout for Netapp RPC calls