Thank you very much.
Quick question about the port.
Is it the standard port the IRIS instance is running on?
I do not need an external language server connection on the host?

Fair point but I do find it odd.
Using e.g the Native SDK for Python I can have multiple applications on different servers all communicate directly with the IRIS kernel.
But I cannot do the same with IRIS to IRIS.
There are some benefits:
No added complexity.
Easy separation of applications.
Easier development management.
Easier deployment of application updates.