NAME

       erl_boot_server - Boot Server for Other Erlang Machines

DESCRIPTION

       This server is used to assist diskless Erlang nodes which fetch all Erlang code from another machine.

       This server is used to fetch all code, including the start script, if an Erlang runtime system is started
       with  the -loader inet command line flag. All hosts specified with the -hosts Host command line flag must
       have one instance of this server running.

       This server can be started with the kernel configuration parameter start_boot_server.

       The erl_boot_server can both read regular files  as  well  as  files  in  archives.  See  code(3erl)  and
       erl_prim_loader(3erl).

   Warning:
       The  support  for  loading  of  code from archive files is experimental. The sole purpose of releasing it
       before it is ready is to obtain early feedback. The  file  format,  semantics,  interfaces  etc.  may  be
       changed in a future release.

EXPORTS

       start(Slaves) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, What}

              Types:

                 Slaves = [Host]
                 Host = atom()
                 Pid = pid()
                 What = any()

              Starts  the  boot server. Slaves is a list of IP addresses for hosts which are allowed to use this
              server as a boot server.

       start_link(Slaves) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, What}

              Types:

                 Slaves = [Host]
                 Host = atom()
                 Pid = pid()
                 What = any()

              Starts the boot server and links to the caller. This function is used to start the server if it is
              included in a supervision tree.

       add_slave(Slave) -> ok | {error, What}

              Types:

                 Slave = Host
                 Host = atom()
                 What = any()

              Adds a Slave node to the list of allowed slave hosts.

       delete_slave(Slave) -> ok | {error, What}

              Types:

                 Slave = Host
                 Host = atom()
                 What = any()

              Deletes a Slave node from the list of allowed slave hosts.

       which_slaves() -> Slaves

              Types:

                 Slaves = [Host]
                 Host = atom()

              Returns the current list of allowed slave hosts.

SEE ALSO

       init(3erl), erl_prim_loader(3erl)

Ericsson AB                                        kernel 4.2                              erl_boot_server(3erl)