Want to make a Nethserver-avahi and Netserver-Netatalk module / package

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Suite du sujet Feature request: Avahi as a standalone package in the software center:

Hello,

I read a lot about develop a module for the Avahi service.
I think I could be a perfect opportunity to learn more about the Nethserver webgui.

I think itā€™s relatively easy to create:
Of course install the avahi package and start the service automatically.
And in the webgui:

  • One left menu entry
    In configuration ā†’ Avahi / Bonjour

  • three or four fields to configure the /etc/avahi/avahi-deamon.conf
    Hostname server
    Domain name
    interface(s) to listen
    interface(s) to deny

  • One firewall rule entry.
    open the port 5353 TCP/UDP

But I need help.
How to start?
The documentation is hugeā€¦ Where to digg?
Is a developer can guide me?

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Maybe someone of the Dev ā€œDreamā€ Team :computer: could help you. @giacomo, @davidep, @filippo_carletti, @alep, @stephdl, @Stll0, @jobezic only if you :pray: a lot

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Iā€™d go in two steps:

  1. make avahi work without an interface (only configuration db)
  2. add an interface

We need to create a tutorial from this process.
A good starting point could be a similar package. Any idea @giacomo or @davidep?
nethserver-mysql or nethserver-cups?

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Edit:

Do we have it already?

I suggest nethserver-xinetd:

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Maybe we could do a tutorial during a live hangout.
Or on irc #nethserver.

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I suggest nethserver-openssh!

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At our last hangout a few participants ask me this /cc @Nas @Ctek @warren_midgley @etino

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I am also interestedā€¦ :wink:

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I think Irc is better:

  • For the time availability.
  • With writing stuff, you canā€™t miss something, you can always copy/paste to remember.
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So, we donā€™t need to write nethserver-avahi, because we already have it. :smile:
Maybe we can close this topic, @Jim. Or do you think we need to improve the version we have now?

@alefattorini, Iā€™d leave to you the plan for a ā€œdevelopers hangoutā€. :smile:

Have a nice weekend everybody.

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When the package will be in the repository?
For now, Iā€™ve only

# yum list avahi
Loaded plugins: changelog, fastestmirror, nethserver_events, presto
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * nethserver-base: mirror.nethserver.org
 * nethserver-updates: mirror.nethserver.org
centos-base                                              | 3.7 kB     00:00     
centos-updates                                           | 3.4 kB     00:00     
nethserver-base                                          | 3.6 kB     00:00     
nethserver-updates                                       | 4.1 kB     00:00     
Installed Packages
avahi.x86_64                     0.6.25-15.el6                      @centos-base
Available Packages
avahi.i686                       0.6.25-15.el6                      centos-base 
[root@microserver ~]#

Edit: I found the NEthserver-avahiā€¦ I will try it

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Already there on nethserver-base

[alessio@***]$ yum list nethserver-avahi
Loaded plugins: changelog, downloadonly, fastestmirror, nethserver_events,
              : presto
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
 * nethserver-base: mirror.nethesis.it
Installed Packages
nethserver-avahi.noarch            1.0.2-1.ns6             @nethserver-base/6.5

Anyway devs have gived you a lot of advices for your development dreams :smiley:

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Sure, I hope the next one is going to be a ā€œDevelopers hangoutā€ :slight_smile:

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Yes, It can be improvedā€¦ Where is the left menu item? Where are the few fields to configure the name, domain name and the interface to enable or deny? :smiley:

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I was simply thinking about a sort of this above

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you have a lot of example of code in your hand, take a look to github or directly inside your server at /usr/share/nethesis/NethServer. It is no more a learning by codingā€¦look, copy, modify, enhance and release.

the difficulty is that you need also to learn git and mock (to make rpm) but for sysadmin or developers it is nothing.

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The parameters for Avahi and the basics parameters for afpd are similar.
i.e.: allow interfaces / deny interfaces in avahi
and afp interfaces / afp listen for afpd

If nethserver-avahi already exist, I think for a nethserver-netatalk it could be make with fingers in the noze :grin: