Adding server:host parameter and setting to default 0.0.0.0

src/Commands.jl

@@ -15,10 +15,14 @@ function execute(config::Settings) :: Nothing
 
   Genie.config.app_env = ENV["GENIE_ENV"]
   Genie.config.server_port = parse(Int, parsed_args["server:port"])
+  if haskey(parsed_args, "server:host") && parsed_args["server:host"] != nothing
+      @show "haskey1"
+      Genie.config.server_host = parsed_args["server:host"]
+  end
 
   if called_command(parsed_args, "s") || called_command(parsed_args, "server:start")
     Genie.config.run_as_server = true
-    AppServer.startup(Genie.config.server_port)
+    AppServer.startup(Genie.config.server_port, Genie.config.server_host)
   end
 
   nothing
@@ -47,6 +51,9 @@ function parse_commandline_args() :: Dict{String,Any}
         "--server:port", "-p"
             help = "HTTP server port"
             default = "8000"
+        "--server:host", "-l"
+            help = "Host IP to listen on"
+            # default = "" #This is by default open (0.0.0.0), set to 127.0.0.1 for only localhost
     end
 
     parse_args(settings)

src/Configuration.jl

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ App configuration - sets up the app's defaults. Individual options are overwritt
 """
 mutable struct Settings
   server_port::Int
+  server_host::String
   server_workers_count::Int
   server_document_root::String
   server_handle_static_files::Bool
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ mutable struct Settings
 
   Settings(;
             server_port                 = 8000, # default port for binding the web server
+            server_host                 = "0.0.0.0",
             server_workers_count        = 1,
             server_document_root        = "public",
             server_handle_static_files  = true,
@@ -196,7 +198,8 @@ mutable struct Settings
             renderer_default_layout_file = :app,
         ) =
               new(
-                  server_port, server_workers_count, server_document_root, server_handle_static_files, server_signature,
+                  server_port, server_host,
+                  server_workers_count, server_document_root, server_handle_static_files, server_signature,
                   app_env,
                   cors_headers, cors_allowed_origins,
                   suppress_output, output_length,