---
title: DefaultGeneralProperties
description: An object of property key-value pairs
component: pingam
version: 8.1
page_id: pingam:entity-reference:sec-amster-entity-defaultgeneralproperties
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingam/8.1/entity-reference/sec-amster-entity-defaultgeneralproperties.html
section_ids:
  sec-amster-entity-defaultgeneralproperties-global-ops: Global Operations
  sec-amster-entity-defaultgeneralproperties-global-ops-read: read
  sec-amster-entity-defaultgeneralproperties-global-ops-update: update
---

# DefaultGeneralProperties

## Global Operations

An object of property key-value pairs

Resource path:

```
/global-config/servers/server-default/properties/general
```

Resource version: `1.0`

### read

**Usage**

```
am> read DefaultGeneralProperties --global
```

### update

**Usage**

```
am> update DefaultGeneralProperties --global --body body
```

**Parameters**

* *\--body*

  The resource in JSON format, described by the following JSON schema:

  ```json
  {
    "type" : "object",
    "properties" : {
      "amconfig.header.installdir" : {
        "title" : "System",
        "type" : "object",
        "propertyOrder" : 0,
        "properties" : {
          "com.iplanet.services.configpath" : {
            "type" : "string",
            "title" : "Base installation directory",
            "propertyOrder" : 0,
            "required" : true,
            "description" : "Base directory where product's data resides. (property name: com.iplanet.services.configpath)"
          },
          "com.iplanet.am.locale" : {
            "type" : "string",
            "title" : "Default Locale",
            "propertyOrder" : 1,
            "required" : true,
            "description" : "Default locale for the product. (property name: com.iplanet.am.locale)"
          },
          "com.sun.identity.client.notification.url" : {
            "type" : "string",
            "title" : "Notification URL",
            "propertyOrder" : 2,
            "required" : true,
            "description" : "The location of notification service end point. It is usually the product's deployment URI/notificationservice. (property name: com.sun.identity.client.notification.url)"
          },
          "com.iplanet.am.util.xml.validating" : {
            "enum" : [ "on", "off" ],
            "options" : {
              "enum_titles" : [ "On", "Off" ]
            },
            "type" : "string",
            "title" : "XML Validation",
            "propertyOrder" : 3,
            "required" : true,
            "description" : "Specifies if validation is required when parsing XML documents. (property name: com.iplanet.am.util.xml.validating)"
          }
        }
      },
      "amconfig.header.debug" : {
        "title" : "Debugging",
        "type" : "object",
        "propertyOrder" : 1,
        "properties" : {
          "com.iplanet.services.debug.level" : {
            "enum" : [ "off", "error", "warning", "message" ],
            "options" : {
              "enum_titles" : [ "Off", "Error", "Warning", "Message" ]
            },
            "type" : "string",
            "title" : "Debug Level",
            "propertyOrder" : 0,
            "required" : true,
            "description" : "Debug level for all components in the product. (property name: com.iplanet.services.debug.level)"
          },
          "com.sun.services.debug.mergeall" : {
            "enum" : [ "on", "off" ],
            "options" : {
              "enum_titles" : [ "On", "Off" ]
            },
            "type" : "string",
            "title" : "Merge Debug Files",
            "propertyOrder" : 1,
            "required" : true,
            "description" : "On : Directs all debug data to a single file (debug.out); Off : creates separate per-component debug files (property name : com.sun.services.debug.mergeall)"
          },
          "com.iplanet.services.debug.directory" : {
            "type" : "string",
            "title" : "Debug Directory",
            "propertyOrder" : 2,
            "required" : true,
            "description" : "Directory where debug files reside. (property name: com.iplanet.services.debug.directory)"
          }
        }
      },
      "amconfig.header.mailserver" : {
        "title" : "Mail Server",
        "type" : "object",
        "propertyOrder" : 2,
        "properties" : {
          "com.iplanet.am.smtphost" : {
            "type" : "string",
            "title" : "Mail Server Host Name",
            "propertyOrder" : 0,
            "required" : true,
            "description" : "(property name: com.iplanet.am.smtphost)"
          },
          "com.iplanet.am.smtpport" : {
            "type" : "integer",
            "title" : "Mail Server Port Number",
            "propertyOrder" : 1,
            "required" : true,
            "description" : "(property name: com.iplanet.am.smtpport)"
          }
        }
      }
    }
  }
  ```