alts: Metadata Server Address Override with Environment Variable (1.77.x backport) #12505
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Adding an option to override "metadata.google.internal.:8080" by setting a value for GCE_METADATA_HOST environment variable. b/451639946
Fixing the utilization of the GCE Metadata host server address environment variable to account for the case where the user does not specify a port (defaults to port 8080) b/451639946
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Adding an option to override "metadata.google.internal.:8080" by setting a value for GCE_METADATA_HOST environment variable.
b/451639946
cc: @apolcyn , @anicr7
Fixing the utilization of the GCE Metadata host server address environment variable to account for the case where the user does not specify a port (defaults to port 8080)
b/451639946
Backport of #12447 and #12468