The automatic authentication record in file handles automatic authentication to servers.

The Broker periodically pings all registered servers to determine their status. When the Broker does this, it acts as a client. This record in serverConnect.conf permits the Broker to ping a server to check if it is running.

* : BrokerPing : Ping : Ping

The brokerConnect.conf file contains an automatic authentication record, the only record in the file.

* : * : BrokerPing : Ping