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title: setup-arguments.txt
description: Server profile file that passes non-interactive arguments to the setup tool when running manage-profile setup.
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# setup-arguments.txt

When creating a [profile](../pingdatasync_server_administration_guide/pd_sync_profile_structure.html), the first step is to add arguments to the `setup-arguments.txt` file, located in the `resources/server-profile-template.zip` archive.

When you run the `manage-profile setup` command, these arguments are passed to the server's setup tool. To view the arguments available in this file, run the server's `setup --help` command.

To provide the equivalent, non-interactive command-line interface (CLI) arguments after any prompts have been completed, run `setup` interactively. The `setup-arguments.txt` file in the server profile template contains an example set of arguments that can be changed.

`setup-arguments.txt` is the only required file in the profile.