+ # Search for externally accessible IP address with netifaces
+ gateways = netifaces.gateways()
+ # Check for default route facing interface and then get its ip address
+ if 'default' in gateways:
+ interface = gateways['default'][netifaces.AF_INET][1]
+ confd_ip = netifaces.ifaddresses(interface)[netifaces.AF_INET][0]['addr']
+ else:
+ # no default gateway. Revert to 127.0.0.1
+ confd_ip = "127.0.0.1"