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Ahmet
Ahmet

Reputation: 996

how to export auto generated machine key

I have been using owin oauth bearer tokens for web.api authentication. I had only a single server. I never needed to custom generate a machine key. Right now, I need to move to a web farm behind a load balancer. I dont want my current users' bearer tokens to become invalid when I move to the farm. How do I export an auto generated machine key, and import to to another server?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2095

Answers (1)

LeftyX
LeftyX

Reputation: 35587

The configuration file deployed on each server must have the same machine key. Some reference here.

Basically you have to copy this section to the other servers' config file:

<machineKey validationKey="A970D0E3C36AA17C43C5DB225C778B3392BAED4D7089C6AAF76E3D4243E64FD797BD17611868E85D2E4E1C8B6F1FB684B0C8DBA0C39E20284B7FCA73E0927B20" decryptionKey="88274072DD5AC1FB6CED8281B34CDC6E79DD7223243A527D46C09CF6CA58DB68" validation="SHA1" decryption="AES" />

It's always best to use a script to generate your own machine keys.

Upvotes: 2

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