Fix dask ip resolution. (#6475)

This adopts the solution used in dask/dask-xgboost#40 which employs the get_host_ip from dmlc-core tracker.

python-package/xgboost/dask.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ from .compat import lazy_isinstance
 from .core import DMatrix, DeviceQuantileDMatrix, Booster, _expect, DataIter
 from .core import _deprecate_positional_args
 from .training import train as worker_train
-from .tracker import RabitTracker
+from .tracker import RabitTracker, get_host_ip
 from .sklearn import XGBModel, XGBRegressorBase, XGBClassifierBase
 from .sklearn import xgboost_model_doc
 
@@ -70,8 +70,7 @@ LOGGER = logging.getLogger('[xgboost.dask]')
 def _start_tracker(n_workers):
     """Start Rabit tracker """
     env = {'DMLC_NUM_WORKER': n_workers}
-    import socket
-    host = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
+    host = get_host_ip('auto')
     rabit_context = RabitTracker(hostIP=host, nslave=n_workers)
     env.update(rabit_context.slave_envs())
 

python-package/xgboost/tracker.py

@@ -52,6 +52,28 @@ def get_some_ip(host):
     return socket.getaddrinfo(host, None)[0][4][0]
 
 
+def get_host_ip(hostIP=None):
+    if hostIP is None or hostIP == 'auto':
+        hostIP = 'ip'
+
+    if hostIP == 'dns':
+        hostIP = socket.getfqdn()
+    elif hostIP == 'ip':
+        from socket import gaierror
+        try:
+            hostIP = socket.gethostbyname(socket.getfqdn())
+        except gaierror:
+            logging.warning(
+                'gethostbyname(socket.getfqdn()) failed... trying on hostname()')
+            hostIP = socket.gethostbyname(socket.gethostname())
+        if hostIP.startswith("127."):
+            s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
+            # doesn't have to be reachable
+            s.connect(('10.255.255.255', 1))
+            hostIP = s.getsockname()[0]
+    return hostIP
+
+
 def get_family(addr):
     return socket.getaddrinfo(addr, None)[0][0]