Add option for host address in echo server and MQTT broker

localhost-echo-server/action.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ name: 'Localhost Echo Server'
 description: 'Starts an echo server using Python.'
 
 inputs:
+  host_address:
+    description: "Host address for echo server."
+    required: false
+    default: "127.0.0.1"
   port_number:
     description: "Port for echo server."
     required: True
@@ -13,5 +17,10 @@ runs:
       shell: bash
       run: |
         python3 --version
-        python3 $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/local_echo_server.py --port_number=${{ inputs.port_number }} &
+        # Use the host_address input if provided, otherwise default to 127.0.0.1
+        HOST=${{ inputs.host_address }}
+        if [[ -z "$HOST" ]]; then
+          HOST="127.0.0.1"
+        fi
+        python3 $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/local_echo_server.py --host=$HOST --port_number=${{ inputs.port_number }} &
 

localhost-echo-server/local_echo_server.py

@@ -17,6 +17,10 @@ async def echo_handler(reader, writer):
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   parser = ArgumentParser(description='Localhost Echo server.')
+  parser.add_argument('--host',
+                      type=str,
+                      required=True,
+                      help='Host address for the echo server.')
   parser.add_argument('--port_number',
                       type=int,
                       required=True,
@@ -28,7 +32,7 @@ async def echo_handler(reader, writer):
   asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
   factory = asyncio.start_server(
     echo_handler,
-    os.environ.get('HOST'),
+    os.environ.get('HOST', args.host),
     os.environ.get('PORT', args.port_number)
   )
   server = loop.run_until_complete(factory)

localhost-mqtt-broker/action.yml

@@ -2,6 +2,10 @@ name: 'Localhost MQTT Broker'
 description: 'Starts an MQTT Broker using Python. For TLS connections (including mutual authentication), connect to localhost:8883. For plaintext connections, connect to localhost:1883.'
 
 inputs:
+  host_address:
+    description: "Host address for echo server."
+    required: false
+    default: "127.0.0.1"
   root-ca-cert-path:
     description: "Root CA certificate file path."
     required: True
@@ -19,5 +23,12 @@ runs:
       run: pip install -r $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/requirements.txt
       shell: bash
     - name: Run localhost MQTT broker
-      run: python3 $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/localhost_mqtt_broker.py --root-ca-cert-path=${{ inputs.root-ca-cert-path }} --server-priv-key-path=${{ inputs.server-priv-key-path }} --server-cert-path=${{ inputs.server-cert-path }} &
+      run: |
+        python3 --version
+        # Use the host_address input if provided, otherwise default to 127.0.0.1
+        HOST=${{ inputs.host_address }}
+        if [[ -z "$HOST" ]]; then
+          HOST="127.0.0.1"
+        fi
+        python3 $GITHUB_ACTION_PATH/localhost_mqtt_broker.py --host=$HOST --root-ca-cert-path=${{ inputs.root-ca-cert-path }} --server-priv-key-path=${{ inputs.server-priv-key-path }} --server-cert-path=${{ inputs.server-cert-path }} &
       shell: bash

localhost-mqtt-broker/localhost_mqtt_broker.py

@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 # Parse passed in credentials
 parser = ArgumentParser(description='Localhost MQTT broker.')
 
+parser.add_argument('--host',
+                    type=str,
+                    required=True,
+                    help='Host address for the echo server.')
 parser.add_argument('--root-ca-cert-path',
                     type=str,
                     required=True,
@@ -31,12 +35,12 @@
     "listeners": {
         "default": {
             "type": "tcp",
-            "bind": f"{LOCAL_HOST_IP}:1883",
+            "bind": f"{args.host}:1883",
             "max-connections": 1000,
         },
         "tls": {
             "type": "tcp",
-            "bind": f"{LOCAL_HOST_IP}:8883",
+            "bind": f"{args.host}:8883",
             "max-connections": 1000,
             "ssl": "on",
             "cafile": args.root_ca_cert_path,