An instance ID may have a maximum length of 64 characters and may be comprised of alphanumeric characters and the special characters. It is advisable to use only the special characters ".", "-", ":" and "%". The first character must be alphanumeric or be the special character “%”. The character “%” can only be used as an initial character. An alphanumeric character must follow a “.”.
In order to ensure the network-wide, uniqueness of the instance ID, you should proceed as follows when allocating the instance IDs:
If the openFT instance has a network address with a DNS name you should use this as the ID. You can create an “artificial” DNS name for an openFT instance, by placing another part of a name in front of an existing “neighboring” DNS name, separated by a period.
If the openFT instance does not have a DNS name, but is connected to a TCP/IP network, you should use the following ID.
IPv4: %ipn.n.n.n (n.n.n.n is the IPv4 address of the local openFT instance without leading zeros in the address components).
IPv6: %ip6[x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x] (without scope ID) or
IPv6: %ip6[x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x%s] (with Scope ID)
where x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x is the IPv6 address of the local openFT instance and s is the scope ID of the local network card.