def serve_forever(self):
"""This method is called when the server is to be run, it will never return, and will only
exit on an exception.
"""
global zc_server
try:
# If internal Zeroconf support is being used then advertise the server using it
if self.zeroconf:
import Zeroconf
try:
local_ip = socket.gethostbyname(currentipaddress())
except:
local_ip = socket.gethostbyname(self.address)
zc_server = Zeroconf.Zeroconf(bindaddress=local_ip)
local_ip = socket.inet_aton(local_ip)
zc_server.registerService(Zeroconf.ServiceInfo('_universalctrl._tcp.local.',
(str(self.name).replace('.','_')
+ '._universalctrl._tcp.local.'),
address=local_ip,
port=self.port,
weight=0, priority=0,
properties={'server_id' : str(self.uuid)}
),
ttl=30
)
self.server.serve_forever()
except:
self.server.socket.close()
raise
def ip_address(self):
return currentipaddress()
