for _, ip := range ipList {
		apiEndpoints = append(apiEndpoints, getURLScheme(globalIsTLS)+"://"+net.JoinHostPort(ip, globalMinioPort))
	}

	return apiEndpoints
}

// isHostIP - helper for validating if the provided arg is an ip address.
func isHostIP(ipAddress string) bool {
	host, _, err := net.SplitHostPort(ipAddress)
	if err != nil {
		host = ipAddress
	}
	// Strip off IPv6 zone information.

		{"http://192.168.1.0", false},
		{"http://192.168.1.0:9000", false},
		{"192.168.1.0", true},
		{"[2001:3984:3989::20%eth0]:9000", true},
	}

	for _, testCase := range testCases {
		ret := isHostIP(testCase.args)
		if testCase.expectedResult != ret {
			t.Fatalf("expected: %v , got: %v", testCase.expectedResult, ret)
		}
	}