Local configuration

Using eCAL in local mode can be beneficial

  • to avoid network congestion if the data is not needed on other machines

  • to make eCAL work in VPN and Firewall scenarios where non-local traffic is blocked

To switch eCAL to local mode, edit your ecal.yaml and change the following settings:

# Registration layer configuration
registration:
  [..]
  # true  = all eCAL components communicate over network boundaries
  # false = local host only communication (Default: false)
  network_enabled: false

[..]

# Transport layer configuration
transport_layer:
  udp:
    [..]

    network:
      [..]
      # TTL (hop limit) is used to determine the amount of routers being traversed towards the destination
      ttl: 0

See also

To learn about the differences between local mode and cloud mode, check out this table.