SLP Services in the Network

Contents

15.1. Installation
15.2. Activating SLP
15.3. SLP Front-Ends in openSUSE
15.4. Installation over SLP
15.5. Providing Services via SLP
15.6. For More Information

Abstract

The service location protocol (SLP) was developed to simplify the configuration of networked clients within a local network. To configure a network client, including all required services, the administrator traditionally needs detailed knowledge of the servers available in the network. SLP makes the availability of selected services known to all clients in the local network. Applications that support SLP can use the information distributed and be configured automatically.

openSUSE® supports installation using installation sources provided with SLP and contains many system services with integrated support for SLP. YaST and Konqueror both have appropriate front-ends for SLP. You can use SLP to provide networked clients with central functions, such as an installation server, file server, or print server on your system.

[Important]SLP Support in openSUSE

Services that offer SLP support include cupsd, rsyncd, ypserv, openldap2, openwbem (CIM), ksysguardd, saned, kdm vnc login, smpppd, rpasswd, postfix, and sshd (via fish).

Installation

Only an SLP client and slptools are installed by default. If you want to provide services via SLP, install the package openslp-server. To install the package, start YaST and select Software+Software Management. Now choose Filter+Patterns and click Misc. Server. Select openslp-server. Confirm the installation of the required packages to finish the installation process.