Simple listening server to confirm callback connections

simple_socket_server.py

#Listening Server to confirm callback connections


#If running this on nix based you may need to open up an iptables rule to open that port on the network. 
#iptables command:
#   sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp --dport 8888 -j ACCEPT

#To remove the iptables rule after you are finished:
# sudo iptables -D INPUT -p tcp --dport 8888 -j ACCEPT

import logging
import socket
import sys

logger = logging.getLogger("connections.log")

# Find the current host's name and IP
HOST = socket.gethostbyname(gethostname())
PORT = 8888
 
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.setsockopt(socket.SOL_SOCKET, socket.SO_REUSEADDR, 1)
 
#Bind socket to local host and port
try:
    s.bind((HOST, PORT))
except socket.error as msg:
    loggeer.exception('Bind failed. Error Code : ' + str(msg[0]) + ' Message ' + msg[1])
    sys.exit()
 
#Start listening on socket
s.listen(10)

msg = 'Listening on port {}'.format(PORT)
logger.log(msg)
print msg
 
#now keep talking with the client
while 1:
    #wait to accept a connection - blocking call
    conn, addr = s.accept()
    logger.log('New connection: {}:{}'.format(addr[0], str(addr[1]))
    conn.close()
     
s.close()