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py.execnet - simple ad-hoc networking
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:Authors: Holger Krekel, merlinux GmbH
:Date: 13th March 2006
remote method invocation is cumbersome
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- CORBA/RMI/SOAP model is cumbersome
- "infection" with object references throughout your program
- need to define interfaces, generate stubs/skeletons
- need to start server processes ahead of time
- complicates programming
what you want of ad-hoc networks
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- ad hoc **local protocols**
- avoid defining and maintaining global interfaces
- deploy protocols purely from the client side
- zero installation required on server side
py.execnet model of ad-hoc networks
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- *Gateways* can be setup via e.g. SSH logins or via Popen
- *Gateway.remote_exec* allows execution of arbitrary code
- means of communication between the two sides: *Channels*
(with send & receive methods)
- example requirements: ssh login + python installed
py.execnet.SshGateway example
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interactive::
gw = py.execnet.SshGateway('codespeak.net')
channel = gw.remote_exec("""
for filename in channel:
try:
content = open(filename).read()
except (OSError, IOError):
content = None
channel.send(content)
""")
next steps / references
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- ad-hoc p2p networks
- chaining channels / passing channels around
- ensure it also works nicely on win32
- btw, py.execnet is part of the py lib
http://codespeak.net/py/
.. |bullet| unicode:: U+02022
.. footer:: Holger Krekel (merlinux) |bullet| 13th March 2006