Set Up a Private Network

When you install AgilePoint Server in an NLB environment, you must set up a private network for the AgilePoint Server machines.

The machineKey element configuration setting is used to configure ASP.NET sites and applications for use in a NLB environment. When configuring an AgilePoint NLB environment, all machines in the cluster should use the SAME keys for the validationKey and decryptionKey attributes of the machineKey configuration element. The machineKey element can be set in either the machine.config or web.config files.

For example, you might need to change this:

<machineKey validationKey="AutoGenerate,IsolateApps" 
          decryptionKey="AutoGenerate,IsolateApps" validation="SHA1" 
          decryption="Auto" />

to something like this (note that the values below are examples, and not meant for actual use):

<machineKey validationKey="SOME_VALIDATION_KEY" 
          decryptionKey="SOME_ENCRYPTION_KEY" validation="SHA1" 
decryption="Auto" />

The following Microsoft article provides information about creating keys: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q312906