Rinda::RingFinger

RingFinger is used by RingServer clients to discover the RingServer’s TupleSpace. Typically, all a client needs to do is call RingFinger.primary to retrieve the remote TupleSpace, which it can then begin using.

To find the first available remote TupleSpace:

Rinda::RingFinger.primary

To create a RingFinger that broadcasts to a custom list:

rf = Rinda::RingFinger.new  ['localhost', '192.0.2.1']
rf.primary

Rinda::RingFinger also understands multicast addresses and sets them up properly. This allows you to run multiple RingServers on the same host:

rf = Rinda::RingFinger.new ['239.0.0.1']
rf.primary

You can set the hop count (or TTL) for multicast searches using multicast_hops.

If you use IPv6 multicast you may need to set both an address and the outbound interface index:

rf = Rinda::RingFinger.new ['ff02::1']
rf.multicast_interface = 1
rf.primary

At this time there is no easy way to get an interface index by name.