From 5ab16851ecf84bb3e464403daa80dfd297f1befe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jarrod Johnson <jjohnson2@lenovo.com>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 09:01:43 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] Treat '' as equivalent to unset for ipv{}_method

Since it's a really difficult distiction between blank
and unset, make sure this is treated the same.
---
 confluent_server/confluent/netutil.py | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/confluent_server/confluent/netutil.py b/confluent_server/confluent/netutil.py
index dbd0859d..2e580624 100644
--- a/confluent_server/confluent/netutil.py
+++ b/confluent_server/confluent/netutil.py
@@ -575,6 +575,8 @@ def get_nic_config(configmanager, node, ip=None, mac=None, ifidx=None,
                 cfgdata[srvkey] = socket.inet_ntop(fam, svrip)
             for candidate in cfgbyname:
                 ipmethod = cfgbyname[candidate].get('ipv{}_method'.format(nver), 'static')
+                if not ipmethod:
+                    ipmethod = 'static'
                 if ipmethod == 'dhcp':
                     dhcprequested = True
                     continue