[GH-ISSUE #111] Link local IPv6 address can not be parsed for Windows VMs #20

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opened 2026-02-28 00:40:13 +03:00 by kerem · 0 comments

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Originally created by @mmassez on GitHub (Mar 30, 2021).
Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Telmate/proxmox-api-go/issues/111

When trying to retrieve the IPs from a Windows VM I get an error that the IP could not be parsed.
This has to do with the Qemu guest agent returning the link local IPv6 address with the interface name:
fe80::b955:5aab:62c1:a1f3%3

As such the IP address cannot be parsed. I added a simple fix to prevent this but not sure if it's the proper way to handle this.

Basically I added a split in the code where the IP addresses get parsed one by one. It splits on the % sign and returns only the first part. This makes the function parse the IPv6 correctly.
a.IPAddresses[idx] = net.ParseIP((strings.Split(ip.IPAddress, "%"))[0])

Originally created by @mmassez on GitHub (Mar 30, 2021). Original GitHub issue: https://github.com/Telmate/proxmox-api-go/issues/111 When trying to retrieve the IPs from a Windows VM I get an error that the IP could not be parsed. This has to do with the Qemu guest agent returning the link local IPv6 address with the interface name: fe80::b955:5aab:62c1:a1f3%3 As such the IP address cannot be parsed. I added a simple fix to prevent this but not sure if it's the proper way to handle this. Basically I added a split in the code where the IP addresses get parsed one by one. It splits on the % sign and returns only the first part. This makes the function parse the IPv6 correctly. a.IPAddresses[idx] = net.ParseIP((strings.Split(ip.IPAddress, "%"))[0])