Barebones single-server multiple-client UDP chat server

Introduction

Barebones implementation of a single-server multiple-client TCPIP chat server for the 18-749 (Building Reliable Distributed Systems) project. Operation is as simple as can be: users connect to the server with a username and begin chatting. That's it!

Table of contents

• Dependencies
• Running the code
• TODO

Dependencies

Python 3

Running the code

• Start up the server:

sudo python3 server.py

• Start up the client(s):

python3 client.py -ip <IP ADDRESS> -u <USERNAME>

The port may be specified using -p <PORT NUMBER> on both client and server. The default port is 5000.

TODO

• Colored client-side messages (fancy!)
• Heart beats thread to Replication manager
• Discovery process with Replication manager