Avahi (Debian/Raspbian)

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[PROBLEM]
Seems the world is taking the "Zero" in "Zero-Configuration" very serious:
Finally, I seem to have found at least ONE resource of information for how to f***ing configure Avahi services!
Thanks, Noah.org!

Links:

• Avahi Notes (noah.org)
• Avahi (ArchWiki)
• Advertising Linux Services via Avahi/Bonjour (holyarmy.org)

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[SOLUTION]

I wasn't able to figure out who generates the files in /etc/avahi/services, or where they are installed from. They just seem to "appear" - but there's no information found on the Internet that would explain which process created them.
Mysterical...

Anyways, I was able to recover existing .service files from an older installation of raspbian (wheezy).
I simply copied them over to the "/etc/avahi/services" folder and restarted the avahi-daemon:

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$ service avahi-daemon restart

Below are some example .service files from my setup:

cups.service:

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<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">

<service-group>
  <name replace-wildcards="yes">Printer configuration on %h</name>

  <service>
    <type>_http._tcp</type>
    <port>631</port>
    <txt-record>path=/printers/HP_LaserJet_P1102w</txt-record>
  </service>
</service-group>

http.service

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<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">

<service-group>
  <name replace-wildcards="yes">Webserver on %h</name>

  <service>
    <type>_http._tcp</type>
    <port>80</port>
    <txt-record>path=/media_catalog/</txt-record>
  </service>
</service-group>

smb.service

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<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">

<service-group>
  <name replace-wildcards="yes">Fileserver on %h</name>

  <service>
    <type>_smb._tcp</type>
    <port>445</port>
    <txt-record>path=browse</txt-record>
  </service>
</service-group>

ssh.service

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<?xml version="1.0" standalone='no'?><!--*-nxml-*-->
<!DOCTYPE service-group SYSTEM "avahi-service.dtd">

<!--
  This file is part of avahi.
 
  avahi is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
  under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as
  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
  License, or (at your option) any later version.

  avahi is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
  WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
  General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  License along with avahi; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA
  02111-1307 USA.
-->

<!-- See avahi.service(5) for more information about this configuration file -->

<service-group>

  <name replace-wildcards="yes">%h</name>

  <service>
    <type>_ssh._tcp</type>
    <port>22</port>
  </service>

</service-group>