Answers.Body: <p>It should be the same for every server in the load balanced environment.</p>
  
  <p>You should also set the <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/config-settings#appId" rel="nofollow">appId</a> config setting to a consistent value for every server in the cluster as well.</p>
  
  <p>I've updated the documentation for those config settings to clarify.</p>
  
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Body: <p>In the Craft docs for <a href="https://craftcms.com/docs/config-settings#validationKey" rel="nofollow">validationKey config settings</a>, it states that <code>validationKey</code> should be used in load-balanced environments.</p>
  
  <p>I'm curious on how to set this up for a load-balanced site. Does each  server need a different key, or should they all share the same setting in the config?</p>
  
Tags: <config><load-balancer>
Title: validationKey on load balanced enviornments
ThreadText: # validationKey on load balanced enviornments
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2016-10-19)
  
  In the Craft docs for [validationKey config settings](https://craftcms.com/docs/config-settings#validationKey), it states that `validationKey` should be used in load-balanced environments.
  
  I'm curious on how to set this up for a load-balanced site. Does each server need a different key, or should they all share the same setting in the config?
  
  **Tags:** config, load-balancer
  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_1 on 2016-10-20. Score: 0 | Accepted answer
  
  It should be the same for every server in the load balanced environment.
  
  You should also set the [appId](https://craftcms.com/docs/config-settings#appId) config setting to a consistent value for every server in the cluster as well.
  
  I've updated the documentation for those config settings to clarify.
  
  
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