Bug #15852
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Alias Nesting Only Shows IP and Network Alias Types On Initial Creation
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Description
Hopefully the title makes some sense, but I will give this as much context as I can.
Firstly, according to the documentation, you should be able to nest network and host aliases inside each other, i.e. you should be able to nest a host alias inside a new network alias. This isn't exactly the case though, or at least not w/ how the GUI behaves.
I've got a test environment setup (confirmed this across both CE and Plus, fully updated) with 2 aliases for testing, one is a host alias with a single host, the other is a network alias with two /32 IPs and one /24 network.
If I go and create a new alias with the type selected as either Host or Network, then search for aliases in the entries at the bottom, I can see both of the 2 aliases I created. This is how things are described in the documentation.
However, once I save the alias, if I go back to editing the alias, only the parent aliases' type shows up in the search for the entries at the bottom.
To be as clear as possible, I created a 3rd alias saved as a Network type alias, if I go back to editing that alias, only the network type alias shows up (whereas before I saved it, both types showed up). The inverse is true if the parent alias was a Host type alias (network aliases show up during creation but not during editing).
Forgive me if I am missing something intentional here, but this seems really confusing to me. Also brings up the question, should Network and Host aliases be able to contain each other at all?
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