--- title: "Using dsconfig batch mode" description: Use dsconfig batch mode to run multiple PingDataSync configuration changes from a single file, minimizing connections. component: pingdirectory version: 10.3 page_id: pingdirectory:pingdatasync_server_administration_guide:pd_sync_use_dsconfig_batch canonical_url: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/11.1/pingdatasync_server_administration_guide/pd_sync_use_dsconfig_batch.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: 2023-09-13T00:00:00Z superseded_by: https://docs.pingidentity.com/pingdirectory/11.1/pingdatasync_server_administration_guide/pd_sync_use_dsconfig_batch.html --- # Using `dsconfig` batch mode The `dsconfig` tool provides a batching mechanism that reads multiple invocations from a file and executes them sequentially. The batch file provides advantages over standard scripting by minimizing LDAP connections and JVM invocations that normally occur with each `dsconfig` call. Batch mode is the best method to use with setup scripts when moving from a development environment to test environment, or from a test environment to a production environment. The `--no-prompt` option is required with `dsconfig` in batch mode. ```shell $ bin/dsconfig --no-prompt \ --hostname host1 \ --port 1389 \ --bindDN "uid=admin,dc=example,dc=com" \ --bindPassword secret \ --batch-file /path/to/sync-pipe-config.txt ``` If a `dsconfig` command has a missing or incorrect argument, the command will fail and stop the batch process without applying any changes to the server. A `--batch-continue-on-error` option is available, which instructs `dsconfig` to apply all changes and skip any errors. View the `logs/config-audit.log` file to review the configuration changes made to the server, and use them in the batch file. The batch file can have blank lines for spacing, and lines starting with a pound sign (#) for comments. The batch file also supports a "\\" line continuation character for long commands that require multiple lines. PingDataSync also provides a `docs/sun-ds-compatibility.dsconfig` file for migrations from Sun/Oracle to PingDataSync machines.