BobSammers wrote: 
> I'm experimenting with moving LMS into a Docker container and I've hit a
> stumbling block with ShairTunes.
> 
> As I'm on a Pi host, it is running Raspbian which, by default, has the
> Avahi daemon running. This binds to 5353:udp on all interfaces and
> therefore blocks Docker from doing so and forwarding it to the
> container. Without this port, ShairTunes' internal mDNS server cannot
> advertise so the server cannot be found.
> 
> I have a couple of options:
> >   > 
  - Disable Avahi on the host. This makes running the container more
  > complicated on a new host and could compromises other mDNS services.
  - Running the container in "host" networking mode (instead of the
  > default "bridge"). This is considered less secure and I'm still
  > relying on Avahi and ShairTunes to be able to share the port with
  > one running natively and one in a container. I'm not sure whether
  > this works even when both are running normally on the host.
  - Investigating whether the container can interact with the host's
  > Avahi and advertise through that.
  > > > 
> I'm interested in whether (3) is feasible. I understand that
> ShairTunes will try to use an existing mDNS server if one is already
> running but I don't know what the mechanism is. Is it something that
> would work through a container, such as by exposing points in the file
> system (e.g. /etc/avahi/services/) or a device to the container?

Avahi has an option where it does not ask for exclusive port control
(so_reuse_port when opening socket, I don’t remember what is the avahi’s
option name)



LMS 7.7, 7.8 and 7.9 - 5xRadio, 3xBoom, 4xDuet, 1xTouch, 1 SB2. Sonos
PLAY:3, PLAY:5, Marantz NR1603, JBL OnBeat, XBoxOne, XBMC, Foobar2000,
ShairPortW, JRiver 21, 2xChromecast Audio, Chromecast v1 and v2, , Pi
B3, B2, Pi B+, 2xPi A+, Odroid-C1, Odroid-C2, Cubie2, Yamaha WX-010,
AppleTV 4, Airport Express, GGMM E5
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