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Hi,

I am trying to build an enterprise nrds installer.
We will likely end up having hundreds of XI servers and I want to build a single nrds (and nrpe) installer.

In the config file used by nrds.pl, there is both the XI URL parameter and the TOKEN.
I can have the user pass the XI hostname so I can build the URL field, but I would never expect them to know the token.

First off, what is this token used for? I imagine it's some kind of handshake between the agent and the XI server?
Is it unique to each XI server?
If so, any ideas how I could get the appropriate token remotely from the agent we are installing nrds on?

I would then be able to update our standard config file with the XI server url and the proper token.

Thanks,
Rick

The token it self can both be unique or not depending on what you feel is necessary, you set your token and can change it from Admin > Inbound Transfers. It is a handshake, as NRDS operates over HTTP, it is an extra packet by packet auth method that is used. Let us know if you have any further questions!

That is exactly what I needed to know. thanks very much

No problem, any other questions on nrds? Or are we good to lock this up?

Sorry. Been out.
Thanks. Please close this down.