In a distributed target environment, this server can be configured on each node to achieve the configuration propagation. With these servers, the configuration files only need to be configured on the master node, and the administration servers propagate the configuration files to each slave node.

When starting up, the administration server running on the master node reads in all the configuration files located in directory ${ART_IMS_CONFIG}. When each administration server running on a slave node starts up, it communicates with the administration server on the master node and fetches the contents of the configuration files.

The administration server on the slave node then writes to the corresponding configuration files in directory ${ART_IMS_CONFIG} on the slave node. New configuration files are created if none exist. Configuration file synchronization function is optional, by default this function is disabled