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# Reference

This reference section covers other information relating to securing an AM instance. For the global services reference, see [Services configuration](../reference/global-services-configuration.html).

| For reference about…​                                                                                                 | See…​                                                                                         |
| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Audit logging**Learn more about the log format of the different files and tables used by the audit logging service. | [Audit logging reference](sec-maint-audit-ref.html)                                           |
| **Session**Learn how to customize server-side session quota exhaust actions.                                          | [Customize server-side session quota exhaustion actions](custom-quota-exhaustion-action.html) |