forgotten side note: I've not been much following SLP (Service Location Protocol) recently, which is the IETF standard, being somehow superceeded by mDNS / DNS-SD. it could be worth to have a look at OpenSLP (http://www.openslp.org) to also provide an implementation for this one too.
cheers, Arno 2011/4/20 Arnaud Quette <[email protected]> > damn, I forgot the attachment! > fixed. > > > 2011/4/20 Arnaud Quette <[email protected]> > >> >> 2011/4/20 Charles Lepple <[email protected]> >> >>> On Apr 19, 2011, at 10:26 AM, Arnaud Quette wrote: >>> >>> what still puzzles me is that "_upsd._tcp" is used as Service Type. >>>> while "nut" is used as the Service Name. >>>> (instant update) I've just made a quick test with Frédéric, and the >>>> "nut" name *must* be unique: each system that publish a nut service >>>> availability has to have a unique Service Name! >>>> >>> >>> It looks like the convention is to use the hostname or MAC address to >>> make the DNS-SD name unique. "man avahi.services" mentions a "%h" format >>> specifier and an XML attribute to insert the local hostname. >> >> >> right, thanks for these info Charles. >> note that service files also use a friendly name like "Printer on %h". >> >> In light of this, I've shaped up the attachment. >> >> The things I'd probably like to add in <txt-record> are: >> - running mode (ie none, standalone, netserver, netclient) >> - (optional) NUT protocol version or at least NUT version (can use >> @PACKAGE_VERSION@) >> - (optional) security mode >> >> But service files are not suitable for this, conversely to the >> avahi-publish call. >> >> I need to have more use cases, but the idea is to be able to select (ie >> filter on): >> - non configured instances, to configure these >> - instance types, like netserver for netclient configuration >> >> If you have ideas in mind related to that, I'm all hears. >> >> >> cheers, >> Arnaud >> -- >> Linux / Unix Expert R&D - Eaton - http://powerquality.eaton.com >> Network UPS Tools (NUT) Project Leader - http://www.networkupstools.org/ >> Debian Developer - http://www.debian.org >> Free Software Developer - http://arnaud.quette.free.fr/ >> >> >
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