Installation

Currently the package is in development and can be installed by:

pip install .

Give A Quick Try

Please check try_pyepmd.py for a quick usage detail. The script starts a epmd server written in this package and listens at the given port.

from epmd import Epmd

# use a custom EPMD port to not interfere with a regular EPMD possibly running
server = Epmd(port=4370) 
asyncio.run(server.start_server())

Now, use your erlang module with the custom epmd started (running at port 4370) above by:

ERL_EPMD_PORT=<custom_epmd_port> erl -name <node_name>

Example:

1. Starting node a@127.0.0.1:

   ERL_EPMD_PORT=4370 erl -name a@127.0.0.1

2. Starting node b@127.0.0.1:

   ERL_EPMD_PORT=4370 erl -name b@127.0.0.1

3. Connect nodes a@127.0.0.1 and b@127.0.0.1:

   (a@127.0.0.1)1> net_kernel:connect_node('b@127.0.0.1').

   or, ping by:

   (a@127.0.0.1)1> net_adm:ping('b@127.0.0.1').

Ackhowledgements

Thanks to Amit Garu (amitgaru2@gmail.com) for contributing the initial version of Epmd.