I recommend you take a look at the erlang pg — OTP 29.0.2 (kernel 11.0.2) module. It sounds like it’d fit this use case well, getting registered processes across nodes to send them messages.
mpope
owaisqayum
At the most basic explanation, pg2 allows for a group to be created and then for processes to connect to the group. This leads to a mapping of name -> pid list. The pid list consists of all known processes, whether they be local or remote.
This is exactly what I needed.
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mpope
If you’re on Erlang 23 or newer the pg module is what should be used. pg2 is deprecated and will be removed soon.
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