---
title: Defining the Authenticator configuration directory (Unix)
description: "Create a directory of your choosing on the Atlassian server. We suggest creating a subdirectory in your Atlassian instance: e.g. <Atlassian Installation Directory>/pingfederate-settings"
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revdate: July 3, 2024
section_ids:
  steps: Steps
---

# Defining the Authenticator configuration directory (Unix)

## Steps

1. Create a directory of your choosing on the Atlassian server. We suggest creating a subdirectory in your Atlassian instance: e.g. `<Atlassian Installation Directory>/pingfederate-settings`

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   |   | The user that is running Jira must have read/write permissions for the created directory. |

2. Within your Jira root directory, edit `./bin/setenv.sh`( `setenv.bat` on Windows)

3. At the top of this file insert the following (modify the actual path to suit your environment): `PINGFEDERATE_ATLASSIAN_DATA_PATH=<Atlassian Installation Directory>/pingfederate-settings; export PINGFEDERATE_ATLASSIAN_DATA_PATH`

4. Restart the Jira server.