The target ("ip") field validator required at least two dot-separated
labels, rejecting legitimate single-label hostnames like Docker Compose
service names ("sso-manager"), /etc/hosts entries, or anything resolved
via a search domain. This was enforced identically client-side
(public/lib/js/val.js) and server-side (utils/hostname_validate.js,
routes/host.js), so there was no way to set one through the UI or API
— only by writing to the Host model directly, bypassing validation
entirely (which is how theta-env's setup.sh registers sso-manager as a
target today, working only because it calls Host.create() directly).
Relax HOSTNAME in both places to accept either a bare single label or
the existing dotted-FQDN pattern. Flips the one existing test that
codified the old behavior (isValidHostname('localhost') was asserted
false) and adds coverage for the reported case.
Backend (utils/hostname_validate.js, enforced in routes/host.js on create/update):
- host: IPv4 or a wildcard pattern whose labels may be normal, "*" (one
fragment) or "**" (any depth, incl. a bare "**" catch-all) — matching
Host.lookUp. Lowered Host.host min length to 1 so "**"/"*" pass the model.
- target (ip): IPv4 or a strict hostname, no wildcards.
- Both reject scheme, "/", ":" and whitespace; 422 with per-field keys.
Frontend (val.js) mirrors the rules: host/target validators + hosts.ejs fields
point at them. Unit tests in test/unit/hostname_validate.test.js.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.8 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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