3.6.0 Matrix Server 3.6.0 Administration Guide (5697-7081, December 2007)

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Limit the Servers That Can Join a Matrix

The network secret key controls server access to the matrix. When you

create a matrix configuration, you will specify a password that is used as

the network secret key. Servers must have this password to join the

matrix. When you add a new server to the matrix and import the matrix

configuration to it, the network secret key will be included. See the

PolyServe Matrix Server Installation Guide for more information.

Migrate Existing Servers to Matrix Server

In Matrix Server, the names of your servers should be different from the

names of the virtual hosts they support. A virtual host can then respond

regardless of the state of any one of the servers.

In some cases, the name of an existing server may have been published as

a network host before Matrix Server was configured. You can either

reassign the public name of the server to the virtual host, which is

generally the better solution, or keep the published name associated with

the server.

• Migrate the existing server name to a virtual hostname. In this case,

you will need to assign a new name to the server. External sites that