guilhem / bapteme

Naming network service

bapteme

Description

bapteme is a go http server who can be used to named server with a random name.

Use case

Bapteme is mainly used in conjonction with "static" deployment script (preseed, bash, chef, puppet, whatever).

Usage

Server

$ ./bapteme -h
Usage of ./bapteme:
  -bind="": Address to bind. Format IP:PORT
  -d=false: turn on debug info
  -size=10: Default final hostname size

Client

HTTP Parameter	Description	default
size	size of hostname	size server command line option
prefix	prefix to add on hostname	if User-Agent: win for windows lin for linux else srv
instance	service to add after prefix
id	Unique identifier to generate same hostname Can be MAC address etc.

Example

Server

$ ./bapteme -bind="127.0.0.1:8086" -size="15"
2014/08/28 16:32:41 INFO Bind to 127.0.0.1:8086

Client

$ curl -X GET 'http://127.0.0.1:8086?size=42'
srvIuKHEt3Kg5ES88kWx8WDCplhzvBM2xEkfRWcNXE
$ curl -X GET 'http://127.0.0.1:8086?size=42'
srvBzi2mhH6y4fKOWXEH9v7EwpYMM4NesXPHY1tseW

$ curl -X GET 'http://127.0.0.1:8086?prefix=rhel&instance=bind&id=01:02:03:04:05:06'
rhelbindMDE6MDI
$ curl -X GET 'http://127.0.0.1:8086?prefix=rhel&instance=bind&id=01:02:03:04:05:06'
rhelbindMDE6MDI

$ curl -X GET 'http://127.0.0.1:8086?prefix=AZERTY&size=2'
name too long
# HTTP 500
# len(AZERTY) >> 2