Yet another version of a python script that allows avahi to announce multiple mDNS CNAMEs pointing to the current host in addition to the default hostname.local. This version now supports python3 and runs as a systemd service.
sudo ./install.sh
/etc/avahi/aliases and all files in /etc/avahi/aliases.d/ contain the list of names that should be CNAME'd to the server, one name per line. Comments are allowed on their own line, starting with a #
Aliases can be added to the main alias list:
sudo avahi-add-aliases alias.local
or to other lists in /etc/avahi/aliases.d/:
sudo avahi-add-aliases -f myList otheralias.local
and removed:
sudo avahi-remove-aliases alias.local
and listed:
$ avahi-list-aliases
/etc/avahi/aliases :
alias.local
Original sources from avahi: http://www.avahi.org/wiki/Examples/PythonPublishAlias
Discussion on stackoverflow: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/775233/how-to-route-all-subdomains-to-a-single-host-using-mdns?answertab=votes#tab-top
And original github repo: https://github.com/airtonix/avahi-aliases