I'm looking for a way to convert a netmask string into CIDR notation in Go.
For instance, "255.255.255.0" -> "/24"
I'm currently obtaining an IP address and the net mask string with the below logic, which may just be complicating things.
I've been perusing the net
library trying to see if there is a different function to use to accomplish what I'd like, which is really just a IP address in CIDR notation:
192.168.1.2/24
var mgmtInterface *net.Interface
var err error
mgmtInterface, err = net.InterfaceByName("eth0")
if err != nil {
log.Println("Unable to find interface eth0, trying en0")
mgmtInterface, err = net.InterfaceByName("en0")
}
addrs, err := mgmtInterface.Addrs()
if err != nil {
log.Println("interface has no address")
}
for _, addr := range addrs {
var ip net.IP
var mask net.IPMask
switch v := addr.(type) {
case *net.IPNet:
ip = v.IP
mask = v.Mask
case *net.IPAddr:
ip = v.IP
mask = ip.DefaultMask()
}
if ip == nil {
continue
}
ip = ip.To4()
if ip == nil {
continue
}
// create the netmask
cleanMask := fmt.Sprintf("%d.%d.%d.%d", mask[0], mask[1], mask[2], mask[3])
}
This isn't very obvious at first, but:
addr := ip.To4()
sz, _ := net.IPV4Mask(addr[0], addr[1], addr[2], addr[3]).Size()
I'm not aware about existense of such function but it's easy to create one.
CIDR notation is just a count of set bits in netmask.
So, crude solution could be:
func cidr(netmask string) int {
var mask uint32
for idx, dotpart := range strings.Split(netmask, ".") {
part, _ := strconv.Atoi(dotpart)
mask = mask | uint32(part) << uint32(24-idx*8)
}
return len(fmt.Sprintf("%b", mask))
}