[erlang-questions] Discovery services

[Logan, Martin]

I have attached some code that I wrote a number of years ago.  I have
used it a ton, in a million projects, but it is a bit unclean in my
opinion.  So, while I stand behind its functionality I don't suggest you
use it as a model for style ;-) Though in defense of my Erlang coding
skills 6 years ago - it is not that bad.  

The application will automatically poll the cloud for new services your
application is interested in.  It will periodically ping a set of nodes
in order to make sure it never gets permanently separated from a cloud.
It has a callback function that will notify your application of any new
services that have appeared on the network.  The entire thing is edoc'd
so you can generate docs pretty easily.  

I have sent you a copy that is pre-built.  To build it yourself you can
download OTP Base from code.google.com/p/otp-base or Sinan from
code.google.com/p/sinan or you can just use erlc.

This project along with others will soon be available with the
generation two release of erlware.org which will include a community
code repository. 

Let me know if you have any questions. 

Cheers,
Martin

-----Original Message-----
From: Dmitrii 'Mamut' Dimandt [mailto:dmitriid@REDACTED] 
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2007 2:54 AM
To: Logan, Martin
Cc: erlang-questions
Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] Discovery services

Hmmm...
I guess I'm trying to find Erlang services within a cloud of Erlang
nodes.
The idea is this:
A network.
1-2 Erlang nodes acting as servers
A few client nodes.

When a client node comes online it should discover the server
automatically.

Logan, Martin wrote:
> Are you trying to find Erlang services within a cloud of Erlang nodes
or
> do you want a way to handle pulling and keeping nodes in a cloud?
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED
> [mailto:erlang-questions-bounces@REDACTED] On Behalf Of Dmitrii
> 'Mamut' Dimandt
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 5:42 AM
> To: erlang-questions
> Subject: [erlang-questions] Discovery services
>
> I have a vague memory of this topic appearing here before, but
still...
>
> Suppose you have a network with multiple clients and 1+ servers. All
> being Erlang nodes, of course.
>
> Let's say, a new client appears on the network, or a client's/server's
> IP changes. How would you discover such a node?
>
> Or how would such a node discover others?
>
> Thank you
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