Reporting wrong host

[lejsekt]

Describe the bug
dotnet serve reports a wrong host (or perhaps does not report all the host that it is serving on).

To Reproduce
dotnet serve --address 0.0.0.0

Output in the terminal:

Starting server, serving .
Listening on:
http://localhost:37161

But it is possible to reach it on all the network interfaces.

Expected behavior
Listening on should be http://0.0.0.0:3761 or all the hosts should be reported.

Thank you.

[Nate McMaster]

0.0.0.0 is a special case because of #6.

dotnet-serve/src/dotnet-serve/SimpleServer.cs

Lines 136 to 143 in f0e7986

 static string NormalizeToLoopbackAddress(string url) 
 { 
     // normalize to loopback if binding to IPAny 
     url = url.Replace("0.0.0.0", "localhost"); 
     url = url.Replace("[::]", "localhost"); 
  
     return url; 
 } 

The server running is actually running on IPAny, but it's just not what we print to the console because that makes the link un-clickable for Windows developers.

[lejsekt]

I see. But how about adjusting the message? Such as "Listening on any IP:". Or adding something after http://localhost:{port} such as "(and on any IP as well)"?

[Nate McMaster]

That seems like a good update. Would you be willing to make a pull request for that?

[lejsekt]

Yes: #133