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title: Configure user self-service
description: The following table summarizes the high-level tasks required to configure the user self-service features:
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# Configure user self-service

The following table summarizes the high-level tasks required to configure the user self-service features:

| Task                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Resources                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Create encryption and signing keys**The user self-service features require a key pair for encryption and a signing secret key. Create one of each for each instance of user self-service you plan to configure.                                                                                                                                                                                           | * [Create self-service key aliases](../security-guide/configuring-keys.html#changing-uss-keys)                                                                                                                                         |
| **Configure a user self-service instance**Each realm requires its own instance.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             | - [Create a user self-service instance](#create-uss-service)                                                                                                                                                                           |
| **Configure user self-service security**Configure at least one security method for each feature:- Configure the email service to send an email to users that are registering, or users that are resetting their passwords.

- Configure knowledge-based questions that users must answer to reset their passwords.

- Configure Google reCAPCHA to protect any of the user self-service features from bots. | * [Configure the email service](configuring-email-service.html)

* [Configure the Google reCAPTCHA plugin](configuring-recaptcha.html)

* [Configure knowledge-based security questions](configuring-kba.html)                         |
| **Configure user self-service features**Configure the features that your environment requires.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | - [Configure user registration](configuring-user-self-registration.html)

- [Configure forgotten password reset](configuring-forgotten-password.html)

- [Configure forgotten username retrieval](configuring-forgotten-username.html) |

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| - | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
|   | You can also [delegate user self-registration to IDM](configuring-user-self-registration.html#configure-user-self-registration-idm). |

## Create a user self-service instance

1. In the AM admin UI, go to Realms > *Realm Name* > Services and select Add a Service.

2. Select User Self-Service from the list of possible services.

3. Populate the values of the Encryption Key Pair Alias and the Signing Secret Key Alias properties with the names of the key pair aliases in your JCEKS keystore.

   Note that the name of the demo keys shows with a gray color; that does not mean the fields are filled in.

   For example, if you are using the demo keys in the default `keystore.jceks` file, set the properties as follows:

   * Encryption Key Pair Alias to `selfserviceenctest`.

   * Signing Secret Key Alias to `selfservicesigntest`.

     |   |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
     | - | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
     |   | The demo key aliases are for test or evaluation purposes. Do not use them in production environments. To create new key aliases, see [Create self-service key aliases](../security-guide/configuring-keys.html#changing-uss-keys). |

4. Enable the user self-service features.

5. Select Create.