erl_dist

Rust Implementation of Erlang Distribution Protocol.

The distribution protocol is used to communicate with distributed erlang nodes.

Examples

Gets a node entry from EPMD:

use erl_dist::epmd::{DEFAULT_EPMD_PORT, EpmdClient};

// Connect to the local EPMD.
let connection = TcpStream::connect(("localhost", DEFAULT_EPMD_PORT)).await?;
let client = EpmdClient::new(connection);

// Get the information of a node.
let node_name = "foo";
if let Some(node) = client.get_node(node_name).await? {
    println!("Found: {:?}", node);
} else {
    println!("Not found");
}

Sends a message to an Erlang node:

use erl_dist::LOWEST_DISTRIBUTION_PROTOCOL_VERSION;
use erl_dist::node::{Creation, LocalNode};
use erl_dist::handshake::ClientSideHandshake;
use erl_dist::term::{Atom, Pid};
use erl_dist::message::{channel, Message};

// Connect to a peer node.
let peer_host = "localhost";
let peer_port = 7483;  // NOTE: Usually, port number is retrieved from EPMD.
let connection = TcpStream::connect((peer_host, peer_port)).await?;

// Local node information.
let creation = Creation::random();
let local_node = LocalNode::new("foo@localhost".parse()?, creation);

// Do handshake.
let mut handshake = ClientSideHandshake::new(connection, local_node.clone(), "cookie");
let _status = handshake.execute_send_name(LOWEST_DISTRIBUTION_PROTOCOL_VERSION).await?;
let (connection, peer_node) = handshake.execute_rest(true).await?;

// Create a channel.
let capability_flags = local_node.flags & peer_node.flags;
let (mut tx, _) = channel(connection, capability_flags);

// Send a message.
let from_pid = Pid::new(local_node.name.to_string(), 0, 0, local_node.creation.get());
let to_name = Atom::from("bar");
let msg = Message::reg_send(from_pid, to_name, Atom::from("hello").into());
tx.send(msg).await?;

Example commands:

• EPMD Client Example: epmd_cli.rs
• Client Node Example: send_msg.rs
• Server Node Example: recv_msg.rs

Related Crates

• erl_rpc: Erlang RPC client for Rust
• erldash: Terminal-based Erlang dashboard