port-for 0.6.1

Installation

System-wide using easy_install (something like python-setuptools should be installed):

sudo pip install port-for

or:

sudo easy_install port-for

or inside a virtualenv:

pip install port-for

Script usage

port-for <foo> script finds an unused port and associates it with <foo>. Subsequent calls return the same port number.

This utility doesn’t actually bind the port or otherwise prevents the port from being taken by another software. It tries to select a port that is less likely to be used by another software (and that is unused at the time of calling of course). Utility also makes sure that port-for bar won’t return the same port as port-for foo on the same machine.

$ sudo port-for foo
37987

$ port-for foo
37987

You may want to develop some naming conventions (e.g. prefix your app names) in order to enable multiple sites on the same server:

$ sudo port-for example.com/apache
35456

Please note that port-for script requires read and write access to /etc/port-for.conf. This usually means regular users can read port values but sudo is required to associate a new port.

List all associated ports:

$ port-for --list
foo: 37987
example.com/apache: 35456

Remove an association:

$ sudo port-for --unbind foo
$ port-for --list
example.com/apache: 35456

Library usage

>>> import port_for
>>> port_for.select_random()
37774

>>> port_for.select_random()
48324

>>> 80 in port_for.available_good_ports()
False

>>> port_for.get_port()
34455

>>> port_for.get_port("1234")
1234

>>> port_for.get_port((2000, 3000))
2345

>>> port_for.get_port({4001, 4003, 4005})
4005

>>> port_for.get_port([{4000, 4001}, (4100, 4200)])
4111

Dig into source code for more.

Contributing

Development happens at github: https://github.com/kmike/port-for/

Issue tracker: https://github.com/kmike/port-for/issues/new CHANGELOG =========