Local configuration

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 setting to local:

  • Windows: %localappdata%\eCAL\ecal.yaml

  • Ubuntu: /etc/ecal/ecal.yaml



1# Operation configuration
2# eCAL components communication mode ("local" or "network"):
3#   "local": local host only communication (default)
4#   "network": communication across network boundaries
5communication_mode: "local"

See also

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