Is there a way I can retrieve the external base url of the Airflow Server via python?

Question

I will want to provide a direct access to the log file. However, client will be accessing via external IP. So i will like to see if there's any way i can print out the external base url in order for my client to access directly to the log.

Answer 1

If you can access shell via SSH, you can curl to IP checking website like curl ifconfig.co.

In Python, you can achieve the same thing with requests library.

import requests
res = requests.get("http://ifconfig.co/ip")
print(res.text.strip())

For Airflow, you can write the above script as a function and call it using PythonOperator to execute it.

However, if the Airflow is configured behind a web proxy, like nginx, it may prevent directly access via IP address from the forwarding rule.