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authorGravatar Nicolas Noble <nicolasnoble@users.noreply.github.com>2018-12-03 08:21:45 -0800
committerGravatar GitHub <noreply@github.com>2018-12-03 08:21:45 -0800
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Merge pull request #17192 from alexlo03/ipv6-colon-colon-colon
ipv6 addresses must be bracketed if using a port
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@@ -51,7 +51,9 @@ but may not be supported in other languages:
- `ipv6:address[:port][,address[:port],...]` -- IPv6 addresses
- Can specify multiple comma-delimited addresses of the form `address[:port]`:
- - `address` is the IPv6 address to use.
+ - `address` is the IPv6 address to use. To use with a `port` the `address`
+ must enclosed in literal square brakets (`[` and `]`). Example:
+ `ipv6:[2607:f8b0:400e:c00::ef]:443` or `ipv6:[::]:1234`
- `port` is the port to use. If not specified, 443 is used.
In the future, additional schemes such as `etcd` could be added.