lib/jerbil/service.rb in jerbil-1.3.3 vs lib/jerbil/service.rb in jerbil-1.4.5

@@ -30,20 +30,30 @@
     # create a new service record object
     #
     # Note that the callback parameters do not really need to be considered
     # if you are using {JerbilService::Base}
     #
+    # Warning - if your hostname is not fully qualified this may not work as expected
+    # if you DNS server does not provide expected reverse lookup. Consider using
+    # `hostname -f` although *nix dependent.
+    #
     # @param [Symbol] name identifying the service - needs to match /etc/services
     #  or create fails with the exception InvalidService
     # @param [Symbol] env identify the service's environment. Allows multiple
     #  services to operate for development etc
     # @param [Symbol] verify_callback being the name of the method to call to check
     #  that the service is working
     # @param [Symbol] stop_callback as above but the method stops the service
     # @return [ServiceRecord] of course
     # @raise [InvalidService] if the service is not registered through /etc/services
     def initialize(name, env, verify_callback=:verify_callback, stop_callback=nil)
+      
+      # gethostname may npt provide the fqdn
       @host = Socket.gethostname
+      if @host.split('.').length == 1 then
+        # no domain name
+        @host = Socket.gethostbyname(@host).first
+      end
       @name = name
       begin
         @port = Socket.getservbyname(@name.to_s)
       rescue
         raise InvalidService, "No service registered as: #{name}"
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