Hi Dojo,
Follow up from https://community.dataminer.services/question/cluster-settings-connections-strings-across-the-dmas-when-are-the-latter-needed/ - looking for a clarification to understand under which conditions connection strings actually required - any steer will be helpful
Connection strings (<Redirect ip="..." via="..." /> tags in DMS.xml) are only needed in the following situations:
- agents have been configured to listen on non-standard ports (8004 for .NET Remoting or 443 for gRPC)
- agents cannot be reached directly on their primary IP address (NAT/proxy/gateway infront of the DMA)
- wanting to use a non-default communication type (gRPC while still keeping .NET Remoting enabled)
The user/pwd attributes can be used to specify the credentials of a Windows user with Administrator privileges on the target DMA, however, I am not aware of a specific scenario which requires this. It will typically become clear from SLNet logging if agents are unable to authenticate with one another.
Many thanks Bert – -much appreciated – that's the sort of info I was after – will review as part of upcoming planned works.