feat: use unique installation name in mdns

satellite/package.json

@@ -64,6 +64,7 @@
         "koa-body": "^6.0.1",
         "koa-router": "^12.0.1",
         "koa-static": "^5.0.0",
+        "nanoid": "^5.0.7",
         "node-hid": "^3.1.0",
         "semver": "^7.6.3",
         "tslib": "^2.6.3",

satellite/src/config.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 import Conf, { Schema } from 'conf'
 import path from 'path'
+import os from 'os'
+import { nanoid, customAlphabet } from 'nanoid'
+
+const nanoidHex = customAlphabet('0123456789abcdef')
 
 export interface SatelliteConfig {
 	remoteIp: string
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ export const satelliteConfigSchema: Schema<SatelliteConfig> = {
 	installationName: {
 		type: 'string',
 		description: 'Name for this Satellite installation',
-		default: 'TODO - something here',
+		default: `Satellite ${os.hostname()} (${nanoidHex(8)})`,
 	},
 
 	restEnabled: {
@@ -53,12 +57,16 @@ export const satelliteConfigSchema: Schema<SatelliteConfig> = {
 }
 
 export function ensureFieldsPopulated(store: Conf<SatelliteConfig>): void {
+	// Note: This doesn't appear to do anything, as Conf is populated with defaults
 	for (const [key, schema] of Object.entries<any>(satelliteConfigSchema)) {
 		if (store.get(key) === undefined && schema.default !== undefined) {
 			// Ensure values are written to disk
 			store.set(key, schema.default)
 		}
 	}
+
+	// Ensure that the store with the filled in defaults is written to disk
+	store.store = store.store
 }
 
 export function openHeadlessConfig(rawConfigPath: string): Conf<SatelliteConfig> {

satellite/src/mdnsAnnouncer.ts

@@ -38,11 +38,11 @@ export class MdnsAnnouncer {
 		try {
 			const restEnabled = this.#appConfig.get('restEnabled')
 			const restPort = this.#appConfig.get('restPort')
+			const installationName = this.#appConfig.get('installationName') || os.hostname() || 'Unnamed Satellite'
 
 			this.#bonjourService = this.#bonjour.publish(
 				{
-					// TODO - this name needs to be unique for each installation
-					name: os.hostname(), // TODO - something customisable?
+					name: installationName,
 					type: 'companion-satellite',
 					protocol: 'tcp',
 					port: restPort || 9999,

yarn.lock

@@ -5385,6 +5385,15 @@ __metadata:
   languageName: node
   linkType: hard
 
+"nanoid@npm:^5.0.7":
+  version: 5.0.7
+  resolution: "nanoid@npm:5.0.7"
+  bin:
+    nanoid: bin/nanoid.js
+  checksum: 10c0/a3fb1c157e3e35378f44e5a7130c70f80c9037f66c9a37285e5e3d8298e8405fcb2399baaa420980b0fe5fd9c2e4186a6a31c3526f21de03cf34c1b459871401
+  languageName: node
+  linkType: hard
+
 "natural-compare@npm:^1.4.0":
   version: 1.4.0
   resolution: "natural-compare@npm:1.4.0"
@@ -6443,6 +6452,7 @@ __metadata:
     koa-body: "npm:^6.0.1"
     koa-router: "npm:^12.0.1"
     koa-static: "npm:^5.0.0"
+    nanoid: "npm:^5.0.7"
     node-hid: "npm:^3.1.0"
     rimraf: "npm:^5.0.9"
     semver: "npm:^7.6.3"