How the Gateway node.properties node.id is created and what is the requirement

Products

• CA API Gateway

Issue/Introduction

How is the node.id in the node.properties created? Is it related to the host.id in the host.properties?  

Environment

ssg 10.x, 11.x

Resolution

The node.id is not related to host.id in the host.properties file.  The node.id was randomly generated as an UUID.  The node.id must unique within the gateway cluster.   It can be manually modified as long as it's unique and meets the cluster requirement.

After the node.id has been changed, the gateway needs to be restarted to make the change effective.