Avahi Aliases

Install

sudo apt-get install python-avahi
sudo pip install git+git://github.com/airtonix/avahi-aliases.git

Uninstall

sudo pip uninstall avahi-aliases

Usage

Daemon Control

sudo service avahi-alias start
sudo service avahi-alias restart
sudo service avahi-alias stop

Creating Aliases

1. sudo nano /etc/avahi/aliases.d/default
2. insert something.local on a new line
3. save
4. ???
5. profit

Notes

• aliases must end in .local
• One alias per line
• blank lines are ignored
• lines prefixed with # are ignored
• you must manually restart the daemon after modifying alias files

Todo

1. implement sudo avahi-alias add/remove aliasname
2. implement sudo avahi-alias list