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title: Configuring unknown resource management
description: Define the action to take when an unknown resource is requested.
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revdate: February 6, 2023
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# Configuring unknown resource management

Define the action to take when an unknown resource is requested.

## Steps

1. Click **Access**, then go to **Unknown Resources > Error Responses**.

2. In the **Error Status Code** field, enter the error status code for the HTTP response.

   This must be a client or server error code in the 400 - 599 range.

3. In the **Error Template File** field, enter the name of the velocity error template file to use for generating the response body.

   This template file is located in the `<PA_HOME>/conf/template/` directory.

4. In the **Error Content Type** field, enter the file type of the response.

   ### Choose from:

   * HTML

   * JSON

   * TEXT

   * XML

5. To audit unknown resource activity, select the **Audit** check box.

6. Click **Save**.