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title: manage-profile generate-profile
description: Use the generate-profile subcommand to create a server profile from a configured PingDirectory, PingDataSync, or PingDirectoryProxy server.
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version: 10.2
page_id: pingdirectory:pingdirectoryproxy_server_administration_guide:pd_proxy_manage_profile_gen_profile
canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/11.1/pingdirectory_server_administration_guide/pd_ds_manage_profile_tool.html
llms_txt: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/llms.txt
docs_for_agents: https://developer.pingidentity.com/build-with-ai/docs-for-agents.md
revdate: 2024-07-05T00:00:00Z
---

# manage-profile generate-profile

To create a server profile from a configured server, use the `generate-profile` subcommand. The generated profile contains the following information, which provides a base for completing a profile:

* Command-line arguments that were used to set up the server

* `dsconfig` commands necessary to configure the server

* Installed server SDK extensions

* Files that are added to the server root

To produce a complete profile, some parts of the generated profile might require modifications, such as adding password files that `setup-arguments.txt` uses. The `--instanceName` and `--localHostName` arguments in `setup-arguments.txt` are made variables by `generate-profile`, and must be provided values when other `manage-profile` subcommands use the generated profile.

The `--excludeSetupArguments` option generates a server profile without a setup-arguments.txt file. This is useful when generating server profiles for use with Docker images.