Advertising Application Services with Avahi

[metroplex009]

Hey folks,

I decided to figure out how I can advertise some of the services that are running on freenass such as Sickbeard, couch potato and sabnzbd. These can be discovered with Bonjour/DNS-SD.

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Its real simple and we can augment this procedure for any service running on freenas.
1. Make / writeable. As root issue

mount -uw /

2. Change directory to where avahi service configurations are stored.

cd /conf/base/etc/local/avahi/services

3. Create Different Services. I am showing the example for Sabnzbd.

nano sabnzbd.service

Paste. Remember to change the Port to the configured port of Sabnzbd on your freenas.

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<service-group>
<name replace-wildcards="yes">Sabnzbd on %h</name>
<service>
        <type>_http._tcp</type>
        <port>8085</port>
</service>
</service-group>

In case you are wondering the %h will be replaced with your freenas hostname.

4. Reboot and enjoy

The different services I am using can be found below. I am unable to combine all the services in a single file thats next step. Remember you will need to repeat these steps on every upgrade. . There is a way to advertise services running on other devices in the network using avahi. If people are interested i can document them.

I am planning on advertising my router's services as I don't feel like installing opt ware on it.

Sickbeard

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<service-group>
<name replace-wildcards="yes">Sickbeard on %h</name>
<service>
        <type>_http._tcp</type>
        <port>8081</port>
</service>
</service-group>

Couch Potato

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<service-group>
<name replace-wildcards="yes">Couch Potato on %h</name>
<service>
        <type>_http._tcp</type>
        <port>5000</port>
</service>
</service-group>

Headphones

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<service-group>
<name replace-wildcards="yes">Headphones on %h</name>
<service>
        <type>_http._tcp</type>
        <port>8181</port>
</service>
</service-group>

FreeNas Admin GUI

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<service-group>
<name replace-wildcards="yes">Admin GUI on %h</name>
<service>
        <type>_http._tcp</type>
        <port>80</port>
</service>
</service-group>

[Skaven]

can u fix a setup fore transmission remote webpage?

[metroplex009]

Well I haven't installed transmission so i am not sure what port is it running for you on.
As long as its a web interface you can use

<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
<service-group>
<name replace-wildcards="yes">Admin GUI on %h</name>
<service>
        <type>_http._tcp</type>
        <port>{ENTER TRANSMISSION GUI PORT}</port>
</service>
</service-group>

Just put ur port number and save the file as transmission.service under
/conf/base/etc/local/avahi/services