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Use localhost in admin kubeconfig again, if possible #5426

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If the API server is binding to all addresses, it's better to use the loopback interface to communicate with the API server locally. This avoids e.g. weird HTTP proxy problems.

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If the API server is binding to all addresses, it's better to use the
loopback interface to communicate with the API server locally. This
avoids e.g. weird HTTP proxy problems.

See: a759281 ("replace BindAddress by Address and OnlyBindToAddress")
See: 548dc41 ("Add spec.api.bindAddress configuration")
Signed-off-by: Tom Wieczorek <[email protected]>
@twz123 twz123 added bug Something isn't working area/controlplane labels Jan 9, 2025
@twz123 twz123 marked this pull request as ready for review January 10, 2025 09:29
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@twz123 twz123 added the backport/release-1.31 PR that needs to be backported/cherrypicked to the release-1.31 branch label Jan 10, 2025
if a.OnlyBindToAddress {
host = net.JoinHostPort(a.Address, strconv.Itoa(a.Port))
} else {
host = fmt.Sprintf("localhost:%d", a.Port)
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Why not use net.JoinHostPort in this case too?

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We could, but we don't need to. JoinHostPort is only necessary if the host may be an IPv6 address, which, in this case, it isn't. Would you prefer to use it anyways?

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