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Asked: 2026-05-16T00:44:26+00:00

I’m trying to implement a SessionState server to allow multiple web servers to share

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I’m trying to implement a SessionState server to allow multiple web servers to share the same state. At first this will be the different development machines, and later it’ll be the different web servers in the web farm.

So far, I’m making good progress I think, but one of the requirements has me confused. In order to implement this, I need to make sure that all web servers are using the same machine key.

This is a sample MachineKey taken from my local development machine:

<section name="machineKey"
    type="System.Web.Configuration.MachineKeySection, System.Web, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a"
    allowDefinition="MachineToApplication"/>

If we have a Session State Server deployed locally, do we need to ensure that all other machines using this service (specifically, the other developers working on the same project, and then when we deploy to the web farm) have the exact same entry in their Machine.Config files?

Or do I have to somehow generate a new machine key that can apply to all the machines?

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  1. Editorial Team

    I ended up using this:

    ASP.NET machineKey Generator

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