Questions tagged [avahi]
Open-source implementation of Multicast DNS for Zeronconf networking, similar to Apple's Bonjour.
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Raspberry Pi DHCP server loses its static address
I am using a Raspberry Pi 3B running Pi-OS 10.13 (kernel 5.10.103-v7+).
I am running bind9 to provide DNS services for my LAN and isc-dhcp-server to provide DHCP services for my LAN.
The Pi is ...
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Use different nginx server for different .local domains
I am trying to run different servers on different .local domains on my RPi.
This is my nginx default.conf
server {
listen 80 default_server;
listen [::]:80 default_server;
root /var/www/...
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How to install avahi-browse on oracle linux 8
I need to install avahi-browse on a new oracle linux 8 machine. I have installed avahi package, that only provides avahi-daemon
I have tried dnf search avahi, but the found packages (avahi-devel, ...
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Avahi publishing still failed to resolve service
I'm trying for 2 days to get the Avahi to work. I want to publish my web application on SBC with Debian 10.13 (kernel 5.10.77) but when I do avahi-browse -a -r -t I always get:
+ eth1 IPv4 My ...
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Configure VMware ESXi Host to broadcast its domain name like Avahi on Linux?
I have a local network and I have one computer on the network running VMware ESXi. I have added esxi.local 192.168.1.100 to /etc/hosts on my MacBook which allows me to manage the ESXi server via the ...
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Publish Docker containers via Avahi(-register-service)?
I am getting an OpenWRT router soon (FriendlyElec R6S) and while planning what to run on it, I was wondering if it was possible to publish my Jellyfin container by using Avahi?
My main goal is to use ...
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avahi-daemon stops randomly on Raspberry Pi 4
I have a fresh installation of Raspberry OS on a Raspberry Pi 4. Avahi is running and can be queried by other hosts. The problem is that after "some time" (1 minute, sometimes 5) it stops to ...
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Avahi doesn't resolve reliably
I have two computers, one running Ubuntu Desktop 20.04, the other running Ubuntu Server 20.04, lets call them desktop and server. I have installed avahi-daemon on them both. Desktop is a development ...
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avahi-resolve failing for services on local machine
I'm trying to setup newtek NDI for video streaming on local network. NDI uses mDNS for service discovery as described here. I already have NDI services running on windows machine and iOS device and I'...
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Why can Avahi `.local` domains not be resolved over a VPN?
I have a homelab setup with a few Raspberries Pi that use Avahi for service announcement - I can ssh to them with ssh pi@<hostname>.local instead of having to remember individual IP addresses. ...
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How to configure an IPP-driverless printer with static IP address in CUPS?
I've recently bought a new network printer and it supports driverless printing over IPP. It works out of the box on Ubuntu 20.04 using CUPS with cups-browsed configured like this:
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Avahi gtk style provider error/ avahi-daemon won't start
So, just got a Raspberry Pi, and I'm trying to connect to it via mDNS.
However, when trying to start avahi-daemon on my WSL2 kali-linux distribution
sudo service avahi-daemon start
I get
Starting ...
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dnsmasq for looking up `.local` domains on the clients that don't support mDNS
mDNS (e.g. avahi, bonjour) allows a machine to advertise itself as machine-name.local on its LAN, and allows clients to look it up by that domain name instead of by IP.
Most platforms support mDNS out ...
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Browse only "UNIX Printer" with avahi-browse
I'm running Debian Buster with avahi-daemon and avahi-utils (for avahi-browse) installed. Now I simply want to browse only for UNIX Printer on my home network. If I browse for all services I find my ...
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Broadcast mDNS for another device
I have a custom/experimental device (D) on my home LAN with a static IP running an HTTP server. For reasons that are not important to this question, (D) cannot run mDNS. I have another full-fledged ...
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Multiple hostnames on the same Raspberry PI
I haven't been able to find any definitive solution to this.
I'm combining several of my machines onto a single one, but would like to use aliases for the hostnames, on my local network.
The Pi has ...
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Solution for a temporary direct ethernet cable connection between Linux home server and Windows laptop
What is the best solution for a temporary direct ethernet cable connection between Linux home server and Windows laptop.
Let's assume the that the Linux home server is headless, and is normally ...
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mDNS not working for Raspberry Pi Zero W
So, I've just got a Raspberry Pi Zero W and installed Raspbian Stretch Lite (headless Debian Stretch). I was able to configure WiFi in headless mode and the Raspberry connected to my home WiFi network....
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Wired and wireless mDNS/Avahi discovery (Google Home/Chromecasts)
My network looks like this:
[ pfSense Router ] - [ TP-SG3210 Switch ] - [ Netgear R7800 running OpenWrt ]
The R7800 is running as an AP. No VLANs.
Wired:
nVidia Shield TV
Ubuntu Server
Wireless:
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avahi mdns not working on all systems
I have three systems running Fedora, named: dragon, wyvern and griffin. I am seeing strange mdns behaviour:
From dragon, I can ping and ssh to all of dragon.local, wyvern.local and griffin.local
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Definition of "workstation" in Avahi Discovery
When I used the Avahi Zeroconf Browser tool on my Lubuntu 16.04 machine, it lists only one of the machines on the LAN as a "Workstation".
What's the criteria for listing a LAN computer as a "...
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Multiple Docker containers with Avahi daemons
I'm trying to set up a smart-home Raspberry Pi using Docker to isolate every element of the system. However, two of those Dockers use Avahi to broadcast themselves in the home network - one contains ...
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How do I cross compile the avahi-client and avahi-common libraries?
I have developed a C application that uses the avahi-client and avahi-common libraries.
I need to crosscompile these libraries, so I downloaded the source code to do that, but I am not able to find ...
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Get static IP to be alias for avahi-resolved dynamic IP - for sane scanner
Sorry if this has already been asked in some other way, I couldn't find out, and have had pretty terrible experiences trying to figure out how to properly use avahi.
I have avahi working properly, ...
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Linux auto-generate UID and GID and cause a conflict
I have an user named "myUser" and UID-GID of myUser is "170". This number is GID of another user named "avahi-autoipd" at the same time. I try seperate this 2 users with usermod and groupmod commands. ...
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Avahi - Chromebook: could not resolve hostname
I have a raspberry pi (raspbian jessie) with ssh & vnc services registered in avahi.
I can see both services in my client (chromebook)
chronos@localhost ~ $ avahi-browse -arl
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Avahi resolving link-local IPv6 addresses for services/devices on other subnets
Why is Avahi doing this, and how can I prevent it? Why is this only happening for v6 and not for v4?
The service that I'm trying to access (apt_proxy) is definitively routable using the traditional ...
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Avahi seems to stop publishing/refreshing services after a while
Firstable, I looked up to several Q/A, i can ensure that the following points are fullfiled:
IGMP snooping isn't filtered by switch/router.
Bonjour services (mDNSResponder.exe) is granted and allowed ...
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How to configure avahi in VirtuabBox NAT
I have a VBox Linux guest in NAT networking mode.
Both host (also a Linux system) and guest have the avahi-daemon service running. Is there a way to configure the service in the guest so that it does ...
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cannot ping link-local address from other subnet when defaut gateway route is seted
i have a problem with my route table i dont know why it doesnt work.
I have two test cases, i did draw a network map for each case.
currently i cant resolv the goal.
testcase-1 network map
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App to search for zeroconf devices
I have some equipment running Linux on a SOC which connects to my mini network using avahi zeroconf. I know it's zeroconf 'name' by scanning in Safari for windows (which doesn't fully work any more ...
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Unable to browse a service with dns-sd
I have cross compiled and install mdns responder on to my target machine which runs on Linux. I have tried to register a service with the following command:
dns-sd -R "My Test" _printer._tcp. . 515
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Installing mDNS resolver in Bash on Windows Subsystem for Linux
I am trying to connect to a PC over mDNS from a Bash script running on Windows. While I am able to ping the PC through its mDNS .local address in CMD, doing the same in an Ubuntu/Bash window fails due ...
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How do I use mDNS for ssh -6?
Hello I have the following setup:
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Laptop
A lot of Raspberry-Pi Model 2 with WLAN
The complete setup is based on 802.11 WLAN AD-HOC mode. None of the Pis nor the Laptop uses any ...
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Accessing port 80 using hostname.local from outside guest
I have a ubuntu server running inside VM. The hostname is ubuntu. I am able to ping "ubuntu.local" from the host and also from other computers in the same network. However, when I try to browse to ...
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Bonjour dns-sd and Avahi service visibility
I have avahi-daemon running on my BeagleBone Black machine (Debian Jessie). It is in the same network as my PC, but I wonder why when I register service with avahi-publish on my BBB, I cannot see it ...
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Avahi rejects cups print jobs after system upgrade
I recently upgraded my system from RHEL 6.5 to 7.2. A previously working network printer stopped working. The printer is configured as before with the same driver and options. Trying to print a simple ...
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avahi-daemon enabled but cannot resolve DNS
I have changed the hostname in avahi-daemon.conf file in /etc/avahi so as that the host-name=osmc and it's uncommented. When I do a sudo systemctl status avahi-daemon -l I get the following;
● avahi-...
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Ubuntu Network Interfaces Configuration: 2 Network Cards
Sorry for broad and ambiguous title. The case is:
I have 2 Network Cards, eth0 and eth1. OS: Ubuntu: 14.04. eth0 is configured with static address: 10.1.1.1 and provides WIFI, DHCP and DNS services ...
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Linux - avahi-daemon: Failed to find user 'avahi'
I am experiencing issues running avahi-daemon 0.6.31.
I also unistalled and reinstalled again but I always have errors on boot:
Jan 14 12:13:27 avahi-daemon[1773]: Failed to find user 'avahi'.
Jan ...
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How can I broadcast Avahi services between Vagrant (VirtualBox) VMs?
I've got a project with a Vagrantfile which takes a while downloading all its Debian packages. I figured an easy way to speed up initial provisioning would be to make another Vagrant-based project ...
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How to turn off zeroconf in Ubuntu?
There's this thing called
zeroconf
and I have zero need for it in my computer.
How do I disable it in Ubuntu?
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Hosts on same LAN can't see each other's services with avahi-browse
Edit: I ended up using another way of sending an audio stream across the network to a remote Raspberry Pi with Pulseaudio - one that does not involve Avahi... So I lost interest in this question - don'...
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How can I do name resolution on Mavericks?
I would like to map a IP addresses in my local network to a name of my choice.
The network is being used by others, this name should only be available when used by my machine.
I have been looking for ...
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avahi set hostname but arp -a only displays IP
I've set my
/etc/hosts
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/etc/hostname
on my Debian system.
I also have the Avahi daemon installed and running.
From my mac I run
arp -a
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I switched to comodo DNS and I get a .local domain prompt
I switched to Comodo DNS today because Norton DNS seems to be completely shut off and the website has not been accessible in days.
Comodo DNS works fine but every time I log into my computer it says ...
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Cannot ping .local machines on one computer
I have the following three computers connected to my home network:
a Mac Mini running Lubuntu 13.10 (macmini)
a Raspberry Pi running Raspbian 7 (raspberrypi)
a Compaq Mini running Lubuntu 12.04 (...
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Avahi quits working after a few minutes on FreeBSD/FreeNAS
As I mentioned in another post, I've set up a portsjail on FreeNAS 9.1.1 (FreeBSD 9.x) with CUPS and avahi. I'm trying to set up AirPrint support. I've gotten to the point that a Mac can see the avahi ...
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mDNS/ZeroConf/Avahi and Multiple IP Addresses for the Same Host
I'm setting up a media server at home with an old PowerMac that I found rotting in some cellar (great computer by the way, I don't understand why they wanted to throw it away) and I installed Debian ...
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Host name record is removed when announcing with avahi
I am trying to announce a ssh service from my raspberry pi running raspian a Debian squeeze variant. It is using avahi-daemon version 0.6.31. However after a certain time, I cannot find my raspberry ...
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