---
name: "avahi-publish-address"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "avahi"
version: "1:0.9rc5-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/avahi-publish"
---

# avahi-publish-address(1)

Register an mDNS/DNS-SD service or host name or address mapping using the Avahi daemon

Part of [avahi-publish(1)](/avahi-publish/1.md).

## NAME

avahi-publish-service - Register an mDNS/DNS-SD service or host name or address mapping using the Avahi daemon

## SYNOPSIS

**avahi-publish -s \[***options***\]** *name* *service-type* *port* **\[***TXT data* **...\]**

**avahi-publish-service \[***options***\]** *name* *service-type* *port* **\[***TXT data* **...\]**

**avahi-publish -a \[***options***\]** *host-name* *address*

**avahi-publish-address \[***options***\]** *host-name* *address*

## DESCRIPTION

Register an mDNS/DNS-SD service or host name/address mapping using the Avahi daemon.

## OPTIONS

When calling in service registration mode, specify a DNS-SD service name (e.g. "Lennart's Files"), a service type (e.g. \_http.\_tcp) and an IP port number for the service, optionally followed by any number of TXT record strings on the command line. When calling in address/host name registration mode specify a fully qualified host name and an address (IPv4 or IPv6).

- **-s \| --service**

  Register a service. avahi-publish-service is equivalent to avahi-publish -s.

- **-a \| --address**

  Register an address/host name mapping. avahi-publish-address is equivalent to avahi-publish -a.

- **-v \| --verbose**

  Enable verbose mode.

- **-H \| --host=** *HOSTNAME*

  Specify a host name for this service, in case it doesn't reside on the local host. This host name needs to be fully qualified and resolvable using mDNS or unicast DNS.

- **-d \| --domain=** *DOMAIN*

  Publish the service in the specified domain. If omitted the Avahi daemon will publish it in its default domain (usually .local).

- **--subtype=** *SUBTYPE*

  Register the service with an additional subtype in addition to the main type. DNS-SD subtypes have the form \_anon.\_sub.\_ftp.\_tcp, where \_anon is the identifier of the subtype and \_ftp.\_tcp is the main type. You may pass this option multiple times to register the service with multiple subtypes.

- **-R \| --no-reverse**

  Do not publish reverse entry with address.

- **-f \| --no-fail**

  Don't fail if the daemon is not found running. Instead, wait until it appears. If it disconnects, try to reconnect.

- **-h \| --help**

  Show help

- **-V \| --version**

  Show version information.

## AUTHORS

The Avahi Developers \<avahi (at) lists (dot) freedesktop (dot) org\>; Avahi is available from **http://avahi.org/**

## SEE ALSO

**[avahi-resolve(1)](/avahi-resolve/1.md)**, **[avahi-browse(1)](/avahi-browse/1.md)**, **[avahi-daemon(8)](/avahi-daemon/8.md)**

## COMMENTS

This man page was written using **xml2man(1)** by Oliver Kurth.