[Freedombox-discuss] FB - Now with thttpd and Zeroconf support

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Mon, Oct 18, 2010 at 03:37:17PM +0200, Christian Brædstrup wrote:
>I got a Zeroconf live-cd working today with a thttpd webserver. You 
>just start the machine and connect to hostname.local (hostname being 
>the hostname of the FB box) that will get you the webserver. For now 
>there isn't anything interesting just the default page so just wanted 
>to share the hack.

Cool!


>It doesn't work on windows (Because they don't support Zeroconf as I 
>have understod, but worked on my ubuntu and it should also work on 
>mac).

If anyone is interested in hacking a Windows FreedomBox locator, this 
might be a starting point: http://www.mono-project.com/Mono.Zeroconf

Alternatively we should be able to add UPnP support as well, which 
should be natively supported on Windows.


>I have looked into FAI as a installer for the system and I think I can 
>hack the default system to work from the live-cd. This would be good 
>because then we don't need to work in the debootstrap environment. I 
>think that will be my next project. I still don't have a complet 
>overview of the FAI system so it may take some time but I think I know 
>how it would work.

Sounds good: Playing with multiple build/install methods helps 
understand how to express customizations most flexible.

Example: FAI understands debconf preseeding, as does debian-installer 
(and thus Hands-off). So that format is probably preferred when at all
possible.

And please consider looking at my scripts mentioned earlier, to help 
isolate customizations from default setup.


  - Jonas

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