The diagram outlines the node handshake step which exchanges the authentication tokens used to access protected resources.
@startuml skinparam responseMessageBelowArrow true actor "Administrator A" as AdministratorA participant "Node A" as NodeA participant "Node B" as NodeB actor "Administrator B" as AdministratorB AdministratorB->NodeB: Initialize the handshake. note over NodeB #FFAAAA Initialize node B for the federated network. Create a system user, generate authentication token, and configure the system. end note NodeB->NodeA: Request the handshake. NodeA-->AdministratorA: Notify administrator A. note right of AdministratorA #ffffff Administrator A must manually approve the handshake request. end note ... AdministratorA->NodeA: Approve the handshake request. note over NodeA #FFAAAA Initialize node A for the federated network. Create a system user, generate authentication token, and configure the system. end note NodeA->NodeB: Complete the handshake. @enduml