Avahi is a free zeroconf implementation - A service discovery protocol. It can be used to find services on a network and also to publish services to be found by other Zeroconf clients.
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How to create DNS-SD custom hostname in centos linux so that we can dicover it by zeroconf resolver in dotnetcore
I need to get ipaddress by hostname for zeroconf devices. Its working perfectly in windows but in linux it gives below error
Here is the Windows code, but it does not work Linux with avahi
ILookup domains = await…

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Handling node joining docker swarm
I was just thinking a way to ease the node-join functionality in docker swarm (maybe same can be applied to K8 and other)
Just need your input on this, this will help to remove the dependency of copying the long token with IP and ease the…

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Is it possible to collect .local domain ip addresses hierarchically for building dhcp based dns?
Suppose you are in normal dhcp environment,
You'll get an ip address like:
192.168.0.101 for linuxpc1.localdomain on segment A
192.168.1.102 for linuxpc2.localdomain on segment B
I want to look them up by only installing avahi on those linuxpcs…

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How to lookup host name from IPv6 address with Python
How do you lookup the local hostname from an IPv6 address in Python?
I'm trying to diagnose network bandwidth hogs, and I'm using Wireshark to find which IPv6 addresses are using the most bandwidth, but it doesn't include any hostsnames, so I'm left…

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avahi compilation error "libgdbm.so not found" ubuntu 16.04?
Getting libgdbm.so not found error, couldn't resolve even after installing proper package. Also I couldn't find proper documentation on compiling from source and installing.

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CUPS AirPrint slow, repeated Get-Printer-Attributes queries
Overview: I'm setting up AirPrint operation under Linux. It works, but there are severe performance issues and I'm looking for ideas on debugging. I've searched for similar posts but found none that helped.
Environment: Linux kernel v3.14
CUPS…

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Should avahi-daemon be running on hadoop cluster machines?
We have hadoop cluster , hadoop version - 2.6.X & ambari version - 2.5.0.X
Should avahi-daemon service be disabled or enabled on hadoop cluster machines as ( master / workers / kafka )?
note - we want to disable this service especially on the…

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Avahi service file for mDNS option for Physical Web
Physical Web docs vague about mDNS advertising. I am using Avahi to advertise a global app via mDNS and tried many combinations of service file parameters:

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Avahi Daemon not resolving (dot)local addresses if queried from different computer
I have two machines, one is Antergos (Arch/Linux) and the other one is Windows 10 connected to each other using LAN. The Antergos PC has a hostname of niffler and the Windows PC has a hostname of phoenix. The IP addresses to both the PCs are…

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file request for: "0002-Add-uninstalled.pc.in-files.patch" from avahi for compiling for android
I try to compile a Qt console project for Android that includes DNS services provided by avahi. As my shared libraries dns_sd.so are not compatible, I would try to compile avahi according to these links.
Utilize Avahi Libraries in Android for mDNS…

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Thunar can't access (samba) shares throught "Browse Network"
x86_64 Debian Stretch kernel version is 4.7.8-1 with XFCE
I wasn't able to open shares (samba) with Thunar in Browse Network (network:///).
In location bar I could saw bad dns-sd names, when I tried to access shares. Names look like…

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why sleeping is needed in a shell script file which is run within a java servlet
I have a shell script script.sh which needs to be run both by a java servlet and by hand. Its content is:
service avahi-daemon restart
instance=MyInstance
avahi-publish -s -d local $instance _temp._tcp 443 "model=Model1" > /dev/null 2>&1 &
#…

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avahi : How to associate hostname with address of eth0:avahi generated by avahi-autoipd?
I am using avahi on a freescale imx6 board with a custom linux system (build by buildroot).
So I use avahi for address allocation (eth0:avahi) and hostname resolution.
My freescale imx6 board also uses an other interface with a "static" network…

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Bonjour Avahi daemon TXTRecord
I try to use txt-records to share information between multiple devices. Therefore I am using bonjour/avahi. The server-side works fine as wireshark proofs. Information is added to the txt-record and sent out using MDNS.
The problem occurs on the…

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Service name conflict in avahi when I update txt-record
I create one service file into avahi (/etc/avahi/services/test.service). I want to update txt-record into test.service. When I update service file using vi , I get an error Service name conflict. Avahi automatically start another service with #…

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