Bonjour / avahi / zeroconf

I use a few Raspberry Pi on my network. I gave them proper hostnames. I could map the DNS and all that, but I simply have avahi running on them, so I can access them with hostname.local.

Multicast

For OpenIndiana to support zeronconf, all that is needed is this:

fdion@p490s:~$ su
Password:
fdion@p490s:~# vi /etc/nsswitch.conf

[here, I just added mdns:

hosts:      files mdns dns
ipnodes:    files mdns dns

]
fdion@p490s:~# svcadm enable svc:/network/dns/multicast:default
fdion@p490s:~# exit

From that point on, I can simply use:

fdion@p490s:~$ ssh -X rpi01.local

And of course, I had to configure Avahi on the Raspberry Pi.

This also works with my Macs, I can use ssh mac01.local for example.

The Sidekick

Wrapping up the week, I just wanted to mention The Sidekick. No, not that phone thing. This one (raspberry-python blog). And the follow up article.

The sidekick is my desktop's sidekick. A secondary computer that complements my workstation. Not in term of speed or anything like that. But in term of adding a whole world of possibilities to interface with all kinds of stuff. Like a vinyl cutter, or a barometer.

Pi. Raspberry Pi

Quite the sidekick this little computer. If you've never heard of it, head out to Raspberrypi.org and read up on it, check the FAQ. Then come back to the Raspberry Pi Python Adventures to learn more.


[edit] forgot to publish this, so here you go.