aws / aws/amazon-redshift-python-driver
IPv6 support
- Dominant language
- Python
- Stars
- 220
- Forks
- 86
- PR merge metrics
- No merged PRs in 30d
Description
## Driver version
2.1.2
## Redshift version
PostgreSQL 8.0.2 on i686-pc-linux-gnu, compiled by GCC gcc (GCC) 3.4.2 20041017 (Red Hat 3.4.2-6.fc3), Redshift 1.0.70634
## Client Operating System
macos
## Python version
3.9
## Problem description
At my company we started using VPN that only works over IPv6.
Since that we started seeing below errors when connecting:
```
08:57:16 Encountered an error: Database Error ('communication error', gaierror(8, 'nodename nor servname provided, or not known'))
```
I looked into the code and it seems that the driver only works over ipv4.
I started a draft PR: https://github.com/aws/amazon-redshift-python-driver/pull/229
But I'm not sure whether that's enough.
Other SQL clients works fine over IPv6 (datagrip)
Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by reviewing the connection code and draft PR #229, then reproduce the reported gaierror while connecting through an IPv6-only VPN on macOS with Python 3.9. Compare the driver's behavior with the reported working SQL clients and verify that the connection succeeds over IPv6 without breaking IPv4 support.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- databases, networking
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Quiet
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100