Starting as-agent as the First Metaspace Member

The easiest and recommended way to define your local site is to start an as-agent as the first metaspace member.

To use an as-agent to define your local site specify the following command line option when starting the as-agent: 
-site_name <string>
Use the -site_name command line option to define your local site using the specified name. This automatically enables cross-site routing for the metaspace.
Note: It is not recommended to have an as-agent which acts as a 'leech-only' proxy for remote client connections as the first metaspace member. This is because sometimes these proxies are restarted which would cause the metaspace manager role to shift to another metaspace member.
Warning: Cross-site replication is not supported for .NET as-agents.