Client/Server Role Reversal With SimpleXMLRPCServer In Python

I'm working on a project to expose a set of methods from various client machines to a server for the purpose of information gathering and automation. I'm using Python at the moment

Solution 1:

What you want is probably WAMP routed RPC. It seems to address your issue and it's very convenient once you get used to it.

The idea is to put the WAMP router (let's say) in the cloud, and both RPC caller and RPC callee are clients with outbound connections to the router.

I was also using VPN for connecting IoT devices together through the internet, but switching to this router model really simplified things up and it scales pretty well.

By the way WAMP is implemented in different languages, including Python.

Solution 2:

Maybe Pyro can be of use? It allows for many forms of distributed computing in Python. You are not very clear in your requirements so it is hard to say if this might work for you, but I advise you to have a look at the documentation or the many examples of Pyro and see if there's something that matches what you want to do.

Pyro abstracts most of the networking intricacy away, you simply invoke a method on a (remote) python object.