Avahi Aliases (CNAME)

Add CNAME aliases to current Avahi host.

Dependencies:

• Python 2.7
• python-avahi, python-pip

Installation

# apt-get install -y python-avahi python-pip
# pip install --upgrade git+https://github.com/Dalee/avahi-cname-aliases.git

Systemd configuration

[Unit]
Description=Avahi Aliases stack
Requires=avahi-daemon.service
After=avahi-daemon.service
[Service]
ExecStart=/usr/local/bin/avahi-cname-aliases
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

# systemctl daemon-reload
# systemctl enable avahi-aliases
# systemctl start avahi-aliases

Set aliases

# mkdir /etc/avahi/aliases.d
# echo "hello.local" > /etc/avahi/aliases.d/hello.txt
# systemctl restart avahi-aliases

Common pitfalls

Avahi allows 32 CNAME aliases per group.

In order to increase this value just tune entries-per-entry-group-max
value of /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf.

License

Code is unlicensed. Do whatever you want with it. Set Your Code Free.