Secret Option

The  option specifies a secret password used by server processes to connect to various services  including the Job Controller,  Watcher and MeterMaid. In the case of  MeterMaid on a remote system, be sure the secret here matches the one in the other system&#x27;s configuration. The Job Controller&#x27;s   value should match that of the Watcher (which will use the  Base value,  if no Watcher-specific value has been specified).

Use with base
 The  Base option  specifies a default to be used by the Watcher, if the  Watcher&#x27;s own   option has not been specified. The value should match that of the Job Controller&#x27;s ,.

See also:
 * Job Controller options
 * Watcher options
 * Base options

Use with watcher
 The  Watcher option specifies the shared secret used by the Watcher when communicating with watched processes. If   is not specified, it will default to the value of the    Base option,. The value should match that of the Job Controller&#x27;s ,.

See also:
 * Job Controller options
 * Base options
 * Watcher options

Use with ens
 The  ENS option specifies the secret used to authenticate ENS   clients with the server.

See also:
 * ENS options
 * ENS options

Use with metermaid
 The  MeterMaid option specifies the secret used to authenticate MeterMaid  clients with the server.

See also:
 * MeterMaid
 * metermaid_secret MTA Option
 * metermaid options

Use with job controller
  The  Job Controller option specifies a string secret used on this host by the Job Controller to verify its internal communications.

Note that the Job Controller   option&#x27;s value is normally set to a randomly generated string during initial configuration. It is safe to change this value; however, do note that the value normally is (and should be) set as an   option, rather than a   option, using a different value on each host (a different value set for each  ).

See also:
 * Job Controller options

See also:
 * Base options
 * ENS options
 * Job Controller options
 * metermaid options
 * Watcher options