[erlang-questions] Finding nodes

[Paul Mineiro]

http://code.google.com/p/nodefinder/

-- p

On Wed, 9 Sep 2009, Robert Raschke wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am thinking about how to get Erlang Nodes within a LAN to find each other,
> without having to have a known central server.
>
> Has anyone already done something along the lines of service discovery in
> Erlang? Like using something like DNS-SD to find other Erlang Nodes on your
> subnet, for example? Or multicast ping on known port? Or ...?
>
> I'd be interested in prior art, before plunging head first into a new
> territory. Googling didn't turn up anything, but so far I've only spent
> about 30 minutes on searching; more to follow.
>
> Thanks for any pointers,
> Robby
>