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authorMathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>2020-11-22 15:15:17 +0100
committerMathieu Othacehe <othacehe@gnu.org>2020-11-29 15:08:26 +0100
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publish: Add advertising support.
* guix/scripts/publish.scm (%options): Add "--advertise" option. (show-help): Document it. (service-name): New procedure, (publish-service-type): new variable. (run-publish-server): Add "advertise?" and "port" parameters. Use them to publish the server using Avahi. (guix-publish): Pass the "advertise?" option to "run-publish-server". * gnu/services/base.scm (<guix-publish-configuration>): Add "advertise?" field. (guix-publish-shepherd-service): Honor it.
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@@ -12159,6 +12159,11 @@ The signing key pair must be generated before @command{guix publish} is
launched, using @command{guix archive --generate-key} (@pxref{Invoking
guix archive}).
+When the @option{--advertise} option is passed, the server advertises
+its availability on the local network using multicast DNS (mDNS) and DNS
+service discovery (DNS-SD), currently @i{via} Guile-Avahi (@pxref{Top,,,
+guile-avahi, Using Avahi in Guile Scheme Programs}).
+
The general syntax is:
@example