Building Management Server URL

[Vijay Venkatachalam]

Hi,
        Is there way to programmatically build the Management Server's API URL 
from inside the code? I am intending to pass this to a network element, which 
will do API call back to the Management Server.

        Currently,
                I am getting the IP from 
"configDao.getValue(Config.ManagementHostIPAdr.key());"
                Hardwiring Port to 8080
                Hardwiring URI to /client/api
                Result: https://<ms_ip>:8080/client/api

        Is there a better way? Is there anything special that has to be done 
for cluster deployments?

        Also, are there any other issues, will this require a NAT of some kind 
to reach the Management Server? Or Is there a firewall config that has to be 
done? Or will the management server be multi-homed with many nics with one ip 
per nic? Can we figure this out programmatically before sending the URL to the 
network element.

Thanks,
Vijay V.