package vmware import ( "bytes" "errors" "os/exec" "regexp" ) // Interface to help find the host IP that is available from within // the VMware virtual machines. type HostIPFinder interface { HostIP() (string, error) } // IfconfigIPFinder finds the host IP based on the output of `ifconfig`. type IfconfigIPFinder struct { Device string } func (f *IfconfigIPFinder) HostIP() (string, error) { ifconfigPath, err := exec.LookPath("ifconfig") if err != nil { return "", err } stdout := new(bytes.Buffer) cmd := exec.Command(ifconfigPath, f.Device) cmd.Stdout = stdout cmd.Stderr = new(bytes.Buffer) if err := cmd.Run(); err != nil { return "", err } re := regexp.MustCompile(`inet\s*(.+?)\s`) matches := re.FindStringSubmatch(stdout.String()) if matches == nil { return "", errors.New("IP not found in ifconfig output...") } return matches[1], nil }