Node naming support for the cluster framework #2729
Labels
Area: Cluster
Complexity: Modest
A cup of tea and an evening (or two) with Zeek.
Implementation: Core
Implementation requires modification of the Zeek core
Implementation: Scripts
Implementation requires Zeek scripting
Type: Enhancement
The cluster framework's
Node
record to captures information about a node in the cluster. The record includesip: addr
to capture the node's IP address. In modern environments (think docker-compose) the IP address is ephemeral, with hosts generally referred to by name. Broker can already deal transparently with string values that convey names or IP addresses.We should transition the
Node
record to string identifiers, likehost: string
. This seems pretty straightforward — introduce that field alongside the current one, deprecate the former, discard the former in 6.1.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: