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title: Server configuration
description: For a detailed look at configuration, see the Ping Identity PingAuthorize Server Configuration Reference, located in the server's docs/config-guide directory.
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# Server configuration

For a detailed look at configuration, see the Ping Identity PingAuthorize Server *Configuration Reference*, located in the server's `docs/config-guide` directory.

This section covers basic server configuration.

PingAuthorize Server is built upon the same foundation as PingDirectory Server. Both servers use a common configuration system, and their configurations use the same tools and APIs.

The configuration system is fundamentally LDAP-based, and configuration entries are stored in a special LDAP backend, called `cn=config`. The structure is a tree structure, and configuration entries are organized in a shallow hierarchy under `cn=config`.