Adding listen address option so that IPv6 and loopback interfaces can be used.

docs/config/01-configuration-file.md

@@ -368,6 +368,12 @@ Please note just about all frameworks in Karma require an additional plugin/fram
 
 Additional information can be found in [plugins].
 
+## listenAddress
+**Type:** String
+
+**Default:** `'0.0.0.0' or LISTEN_ADDR`
+
+**Description:** Address that the server will listen on. Change to 'localhost' to only listen to the loopback, or '::' to listen on all IPv6 interfaces
 
 ## hostname
 **Type:** String

lib/config.js

@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ var Config = function () {
   this.frameworks = []
   this.protocol = 'http:'
   this.port = constant.DEFAULT_PORT
+  this.listenAddress = constant.DEFAULT_LISTEN_ADDR
   this.hostname = constant.DEFAULT_HOSTNAME
   this.httpsServerConfig = {}
   this.basePath = ''
@@ -372,6 +373,15 @@ var parseConfig = function (configFilePath, cliOptions) {
   }
 
   var config = new Config()
+
+  // save and reset hostname and listenAddress so we can detect if the user
+  // changed them
+  var defaultHostname = config.hostname
+  config.hostname = null
+  var defaultListenAddress = config.listenAddress
+  config.listenAddress = null
+
+  // add the user's configuration in
   config.set(cliOptions)
 
   try {
@@ -384,6 +394,20 @@ var parseConfig = function (configFilePath, cliOptions) {
   // merge the config from config file and cliOptions (precedence)
   config.set(cliOptions)
 
+  // if the user changed listenAddress, but didn't set a hostname, warn them
+  if (config.hostname === null && config.listenAddress !== null) {
+    log.warn('ListenAddress was set to %s but hostname was left as the default: ' +
+      '%s. If your browsers fail to connect, consider changing the hostname option.',
+      config.listenAddress, defaultHostname)
+  }
+  // restore values that weren't overwritten by the user
+  if (config.hostname === null) {
+    config.hostname = defaultHostname
+  }
+  if (config.listenAddress === null) {
+    config.listenAddress = defaultListenAddress
+  }
+
   // configure the logger as soon as we can
   logger.setup(config.logLevel, config.colors, config.loggers)
 

lib/constants.js

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ exports.VERSION = pkg.version
 
 exports.DEFAULT_PORT = process.env.PORT || 9876
 exports.DEFAULT_HOSTNAME = process.env.IP || 'localhost'
+exports.DEFAULT_LISTEN_ADDR = process.env.LISTEN_ADDR || '0.0.0.0'
 
 // log levels
 exports.LOG_DISABLE = 'OFF'

lib/server.js

@@ -160,7 +160,7 @@ Server.prototype._start = function (config, launcher, preprocess, fileList,
     if (e.code === 'EADDRINUSE') {
       self.log.warn('Port %d in use', config.port)
       config.port++
-      webServer.listen(config.port)
+      webServer.listen(config.port, config.listenAddress)
     } else {
       throw e
     }
@@ -171,9 +171,9 @@ Server.prototype._start = function (config, launcher, preprocess, fileList,
       self._injector.invoke(watcher.watch)
     }
 
-    webServer.listen(config.port, function () {
+    webServer.listen(config.port, config.listenAddress, function () {
       self.log.info('Karma v%s server started at %s//%s:%s%s', constant.VERSION,
-        config.protocol, config.hostname, config.port, config.urlRoot)
+        config.protocol, config.listenAddress, config.port, config.urlRoot)
 
       self.emit('listening', config.port)
       if (config.browsers && config.browsers.length) {

test/unit/server.spec.js

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ describe('server', () => {
       {frameworks: [],
         port: 9876,
         autoWatch: true,
+        listenAddress: '127.0.0.1',
         hostname: 'localhost',
         urlRoot: '/',
         browsers: ['fake'],
@@ -77,7 +78,13 @@ describe('server', () => {
           webServerOnError = handler
         }
       },
-      listen: sinon.spy((port, callback) => {
+      listen: sinon.spy((port, arg2, arg3) => {
+        var callback = null
+        if (typeof arg2 === 'function') {
+          callback = arg2
+        } else if (typeof arg3 === 'function') {
+          callback = arg3
+        }
         callback && callback()
       }),
       removeAllListeners: () => {},
@@ -135,6 +142,20 @@ describe('server', () => {
       expect(server._injector.invoke).to.have.been.calledWith(mockLauncher.launch, mockLauncher)
     })
 
+    it('should listen on the listenAddress in the config', () => {
+      server._start(mockConfig, mockLauncher, null, mockFileList, browserCollection, mockExecutor, doneSpy)
+
+      expect(mockWebServer.listen).not.to.have.been.called
+      expect(webServerOnError).not.to.be.null
+
+      expect(mockConfig.listenAddress).to.be.equal('127.0.0.1')
+
+      fileListOnResolve()
+
+      expect(mockWebServer.listen).to.have.been.calledWith(9876, '127.0.0.1')
+      expect(mockConfig.listenAddress).to.be.equal('127.0.0.1')
+    })
+
     it('should try next port if already in use', () => {
       server._start(mockConfig, mockLauncher, null, mockFileList, browserCollection, mockExecutor, doneSpy)