diff --git a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/StorageApiServlet.java b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/StorageApiServlet.java
index 8dd4290..6b632a1 100644
--- a/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/StorageApiServlet.java
+++ b/asterixdb/asterix-app/src/main/java/org/apache/asterix/api/http/server/StorageApiServlet.java
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
  */
 package org.apache.asterix.api.http.server;
 
+import static org.apache.hyracks.util.NetworkUtil.toHostPort;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.PrintWriter;
 import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
@@ -131,8 +133,7 @@
             ArrayNode replicasArray = OBJECT_MAPPER.createArrayNode();
             for (IPartitionReplica replica : replicas) {
                 final ObjectNode replicaJson = OBJECT_MAPPER.createObjectNode();
-                final InetSocketAddress location = replica.getIdentifier().getLocation();
-                replicaJson.put("location", location.getHostString() + ":" + location.getPort());
+                replicaJson.put("location", toHostPort(replica.getIdentifier().getLocation()));
                 replicaJson.put("status", replica.getStatus().toString());
                 replicasArray.add(replicaJson);
             }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/pom.xml
index 212673e..ff5f622 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/pom.xml
@@ -79,10 +79,22 @@
       <groupId>org.apache.logging.log4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>log4j-core</artifactId>
     </dependency>
-      <dependency>
-          <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
-          <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
-      </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>commons-io</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+      <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+      <artifactId>httpcore</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.apache.httpcomponents</groupId>
+      <artifactId>httpclient</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
 </project>
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/NetworkUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/NetworkUtil.java
index f9f45c1..06aeef5 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/NetworkUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/NetworkUtil.java
@@ -19,9 +19,17 @@
 package org.apache.hyracks.util;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.InetSocketAddress;
 import java.net.StandardSocketOptions;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.nio.channels.SocketChannel;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.http.HttpHost;
+import org.apache.http.client.utils.URIBuilder;
+import org.apache.http.conn.util.InetAddressUtils;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
 import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
@@ -46,4 +54,56 @@
             }
         }
     }
+
+    public static URI toUri(HttpHost host) throws URISyntaxException {
+        return builderFrom(host).build();
+    }
+
+    public static URI toUri(HttpHost host, String path) throws URISyntaxException {
+        return builderFrom(host).setPath(path).build();
+    }
+
+    public static URIBuilder builderFrom(HttpHost host) {
+        return new URIBuilder().setHost(host.getHostName()).setPort(host.getPort()).setScheme(host.getSchemeName());
+    }
+
+    public static String toHostPort(String host, String port) {
+        return InetAddressUtils.isIPv6Address(host) ? "[" + host + "]:" + port : host + ":" + port;
+    }
+
+    public static String toHostPort(String host, int port) {
+        return InetAddressUtils.isIPv6Address(host) ? "[" + host + "]:" + port : host + ":" + port;
+    }
+
+    public static String toHostPort(InetSocketAddress address) {
+        return toHostPort(address.getHostString(), address.getPort());
+    }
+
+    public static InetSocketAddress parseInetSocketAddress(String hostPortString) {
+        int lastColon = hostPortString.lastIndexOf(':');
+        String host = decodeIPv6LiteralHost(lastColon < 0 ? hostPortString : hostPortString.substring(0, lastColon));
+        int port = lastColon < 0 ? 0 : Integer.parseInt(hostPortString.substring(lastColon + 1));
+        return InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved(host, port);
+    }
+
+    public static InetSocketAddress toInetSocketAddress(String maybeLiteralHost, int port) {
+        return InetSocketAddress.createUnresolved(decodeIPv6LiteralHost(maybeLiteralHost), port);
+    }
+
+    public static List<InetSocketAddress> parseInetSocketAddresses(String... hostPortStrings) {
+        List<InetSocketAddress> hosts = new ArrayList<>();
+        for (String node : hostPortStrings) {
+            hosts.add(parseInetSocketAddress(node));
+        }
+        return hosts;
+    }
+
+    public static String encodeIPv6LiteralHost(String hostname) {
+        return InetAddressUtils.isIPv6Address(hostname) ? "[" + hostname + "]" : hostname;
+    }
+
+    public static String decodeIPv6LiteralHost(String hostname) {
+        return hostname.length() > 0 && hostname.charAt(0) == '[' ? hostname.substring(1, hostname.length() - 1)
+                : hostname;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/StringUtil.java b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/StringUtil.java
index b457c79..11be0ba 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/StringUtil.java
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/hyracks/hyracks-util/src/main/java/org/apache/hyracks/util/StringUtil.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.apache.commons.collections4.map.LRUMap;
-import org.apache.commons.lang3.text.WordUtils;
+import org.apache.commons.text.WordUtils;
 
 public class StringUtil {
     private static final Map<String, String> CAMEL_CACHE = Collections.synchronizedMap(new LRUMap<>(1024));
diff --git a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
index 62407a4..d553c3a 100644
--- a/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
+++ b/hyracks-fullstack/pom.xml
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@
         <version>2.6</version>
       </dependency>
       <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
+        <artifactId>commons-text</artifactId>
+        <version>1.2</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
         <groupId>com.fasterxml.jackson.core</groupId>
         <artifactId>jackson-databind</artifactId>
         <version>2.8.4</version>