ServiceData configuration file

On startup, every Network Manager service (that is, component or process) that uses a TCP socket adds a line to the ServiceData configuration file. This line contains information about the service. The following information is appended to the configuration file:

• The service name
• The service domain
• The service IP address
• The service port number
• The server on which the process is being run

In the following example configuration file, the first service called MulticastService shows the multicast address and port number. The second service shows that the Helper service is running on the DEMO domain, and includes information about the IP address, port number and the name of the server where the Helper service is running. DYNAMIC: YES means that the port is assigned by the operating system each time the process starts. DYNAMIC: NO defines a fixed port.

-- 
-- Server data file - contains info on servers and the general multicast 
-- address to use.
-- 
SERVICE: MulticastService DOMAIN: ANY_PRECISION_DOMAIN ADDRESS: 225.13.13.13 PORT: 33000 

SERVICE: Helper DOMAIN: DEMO ADDRESS: 192.168.31.8 PORT: 51153 SERVERNAME: britanicus DYNAMIC: YES