UlrikHD
I got an application where I’d like to start the node with a (long) name dynamically determined during runtime based on the computer’s IP address. However when I run mix release the application is given a node at compile time. I can’t for the life of me get anything useful out the mix release docs
So my question is, how do configure my project to not start the system with a pre-defined node.
Bonus question would be why does mix release hard code a node name? Won’t it make it impossible to differentiate between two nodes of the same application?
This is mostly what’s in my mix.exs
defmodule Elevator.MixProject do
use Mix.Project
def project do
[
app: :elevator,
version: "0.8.0",
elixir: "~> 1.13",
start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,
env: Mix.env(),
releases: [
win_debug: [
include_executables_for: [:windows],
applications: [runtime_tools: :permanent],
path: "releases/win_debug/"
],
lab_debug: [
include_executables_for: [:unix],
applications: [runtime_tools: :permanent],
path: "releases/lab_debug/"
]
]
]
end
def application() do
[
extra_applications: [:logger, :runtime_tools],
mod: {Main, []}
# Switch with Main to simulate single elevator
# mod: {ElevatorSimul, []}
]
end
end
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UlrikHD
After trawling through elixir repos on Github for hints, I got a working solution by creating a file
rel/env.bat.eexwith the lines:This disables the application from starting up Node, so that we can manually control it via Node.start/3
I also got a file
rel/env.sh.eexthat I assume will apply the same changes on Linux.kokolegorille
You could also have used
It creates the rel folder and files automatically
UlrikHD
It’s
mix release.initas of elixir 1.18 (just in case someone stumbles over it)Thanks for the tip though, it might help others that stumbles over a similar problem