Administrative Applications

Avahi Discovery

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Avahi ships with a nifty tool called 'Avahi Discovery' that allows you to view any Zeroconf service that is currently available.

The Avahi Discovery at a Glance
application type	GTK2-Desktop-Application
Avahi interface-type	libavahi-client
Avahi support	native
Zeroconf role	client/consumer
announced DNS SRV type	none
consumed DNS SRV type	any

It is particularly of interest, that you can debug your own Zeroconf capable applications using Avahi Discovery, because it is possible to click on a perticular service type in the main window, which unveils any details which may be announced by that service.

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Avahi Discovery Applet

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If you are running a Gnome desktop, you can use the service discovery applet to find and access network resources that were announced using Avahi.

The Avahi Service Discovery Applet at a Glance
application type	Gnome-Desktop-Component
Avahi interface-type	libavahi-client
Avahi support	native
Zeroconf role	client/consumer
announced DNS SRV type	none
consumed DNS SRV type	any

Nautilus utilizing GnomeVFS

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If you did configure gnome-vfs to be compiled with Avahi support, one would be able to browse your Zeroconf resources using Nautilus for example.

Nautilus / GnomeVFS at a Glance
application type	Gnome-Component
Avahi interface-type	libavahi-client (CVS Version only)
Avahi support	native
Zeroconf role	client/consumer
announced DNS SRV type	none
consumed DNS SRV type	_ftp._tcp, _sftp-ssh._tcp, _webdav._tcp
further information	http://developer.gnome.org/doc/API/gnome-vfs/

As you can see from the below example, Nautilus makes it for example possible, to connect to any FTP server that announces its presence via Zerconf.

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ISC NTP Daemon / GNOME System Tools

Avahi allows NTP servers to announce their service using Zeroconf. As a counterpart the below picture illustrates how time-admin, a GNOME administrative app, can utilize such an information. The picture shows a NTP server entry that was announced via Zeroconf (btw, the below shot contains a little error, try to figure it out ;).

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ISC NTP Daemon / GNOME System Tools
application type	Gnome-Component
Avahi interface-type	libavahi-client (CVS Version only)
Avahi support	native
Zeroconf role	client/consumer and server/publisher
announced DNS SRV type	_ntp._tcp
consumed DNS SRV type	_ntp._tcp
further information	https://ntp.isc.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=578 and http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=333529

Konqueror Accessing Zeroconf Resources

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Konqueror allows you to search for Zeroconf services that are currently available on the network. There exists a kdnssd-avahi module, which makes the KDE Zeroconf kioslave zeroconf:/ Avahi ready.

Konqueror / zeroconf:/ kioslave at a Glance
application type	KDE-Desktop-Component
Avahi interface-type	libavahi-client
Avahi support	additional component (libkdsnsd-avahi)
Zeroconf role	client/consumer
announced DNS SRV type	none
consumed DNS SRV type	_ftp._tcp, _ssh._tcp, _http._tcp, _https._tcp
further information	http://wiki.kdenews.org/tiki-index.php?page=Zeroconf+in+KDE

KDE Personal File Server

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The KDE personal fileserver that ships with any KDE distribution, allows one to export a certain folder via HTTP. If KDE comes with Zeroconf enabled libs, that shared folder would be annouced via Zeroconf as well.

KPF at a Glance
application type	KDE-Desktop-Software
Avahi interface-type	libavahi-client
Avahi support	additional component (libkdsnsd-avahi)
Zeroconf role	server/publisher
announced DNS SRV type	_http._tcp, _webdav.tcp
consumed DNS SRV type	none
further information	http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdenetwork/kpf/

KDE Remote Frame Buffer / Remote Desktop Client

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If you did decide to allow other people to access you desktop via VNC, Zeroconf would make it possible to transparently announce your shared Desktop. Thus if using krdc (a remote desktop client) one is able to see your shared desktop in a list of announced desktops.

KRFB at a Glance
application type	KDE-Desktop-Software
Avahi interface-type	libavahi-client
Avahi support	additional component (libkdsnsd-avahi)
Zeroconf role	server/publisher
announced DNS SRV type	_rfb._tcp
consumed DNS SRV type	none
further information	http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kdenetwork/krfb/
KRDC at a Glance
application type	KDE-Desktop-Software
Avahi interface-type	libavahi-client
Avahi support	additional component (libkdsnsd-avahi)
Zeroconf role	client/consumer
announced DNS SRV type	none
consumed DNS SRV type	_rfb._tcp
further information	http://docs.kde.org/stable/en/kdenetwork/krdc/

KDE System Guard Daemon

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If you want to monitor any computer within your LAN from just one single desktop, you can use KSysguard to find and monitor you computers.

KSysGuardd at a Glance
application type	KDE-Desktop-Software
Avahi interface-type	libavahi-client
Avahi support	additional component (libkdsnsd-avahi)
Zeroconf role	server/publisher
announced DNS SRV type	_ksysguard._tcp
consumed DNS SRV type	none
further information	http://docs.kde.org/development/en/kdebase/ksysguard/

Avahi Bookmarks

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If using avahi-bookmarks one would be able to access HTTP resources that were announce using Zeroconf just within his web browser.

Avahi Bookmarks at a Glance
application type	server, written in Python (Twisted)
Avahi interface-type	D-BUS
Avahi support	native
Zeroconf role	client/consumer
announced DNS SRV type	none
consumed DNS SRV type	_http._tcp, _ftp._tcp
further information	http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software_2fdbus

KFTGrabber

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KFTPGrabber is a FTP client for the KDE desktop. Because there are now FTP daemons which are announcing their existance via Zeroconf, it would be nice if FTP clients could utilize such an information. As you can see, KFTPGrabber does exactly that.

KFTPGrabber at a Glance
application type	KDE-Desktop-Software
Avahi interface-type	libavahi-client
Avahi support	additional component (libkdsnsd-avahi)
Zeroconf role	client/consumer
announced DNS SRV type	none
consumed DNS SRV type	_ftp._tcp
further information	http://kftpgrabber.sourceforge.net/

OSX Finder

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The Mac OSX finder (a Nautilus or Konqueror equivalent) displays resources, that were announced using Avahi, as well.

The Safari Browser

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In Apples Safari web browser, you can access HTTP resources that were announced using Avahi in a transparent manner.

Microsoft IE Browser

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As with Apple's Safari web browser, Windows people are as well able to access Zeroconf resources within their IE browser if using the Howl plugin for IE.

Epiphany Browser

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Most recent packages of the Epiphany browser are supporting Zeroconf-driven bookmarks as well.