added ability to run REST API on different port and/or IP address

Author: Michael Smith

applications/multisite/intersite.py

@@ -1186,7 +1186,7 @@ def complete_debug(self, text, line, begidx, endidx):
                            ]
         return completions
 
-def parse_args():
+def get_arg_parser():
     parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description='ACI Multisite Tool')
     parser.add_argument('--config', default=None, help='Configuration file')
     parser.add_argument('--maxlogfiles', type=int, default=10, help='Maximum number of log files (default is 10)')
@@ -1196,8 +1196,7 @@ def parse_args():
                         choices=['verbose', 'warnings', 'critical'],
                         const='critical',
                         help='Enable debug messages.')
-    args = parser.parse_args()
-    return args
+    return parser
 
 
 def main():
@@ -1206,7 +1205,7 @@ def main():
 
     :return: None
     """
-    execute_tool(parse_args())
+    execute_tool(get_arg_parser().parse_args())
 
 
 def execute_tool(args, test_mode=False):

applications/multisite/intersite_rest_server.py

@@ -1,10 +1,23 @@
 from flask import Flask, request, abort, make_response, jsonify
-from intersite import execute_tool, parse_args
+from intersite import execute_tool, get_arg_parser
 import json
 from flask.ext.httpauth import HTTPBasicAuth
+
+DEFAULT_PORT = '5000'
+DEFAULT_IPADDRESS = '127.0.0.1'
+
 auth = HTTPBasicAuth()
 
-collector = execute_tool(parse_args(), test_mode=True)
+parser = get_arg_parser()
+parser.add_argument('--ip',
+                    default=DEFAULT_IPADDRESS,
+                    help='IP address to listen on.')
+parser.add_argument('--port',
+                    default=DEFAULT_PORT,
+                    help='Port number to listen on.')
+
+args = parser.parse_args()
+collector = execute_tool(args, test_mode=True)
 app = Flask(__name__)
 
 
@@ -38,4 +51,4 @@ def set_config():
     return json.dumps({'Status': 'OK'}, indent=4, separators=(',', ':'))
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    app.run(debug=True)
+    app.run(debug=True, host=args.ip, port=int(args.port))