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title: Directory server folder layout
description: After extracting the PingDirectory server's distribution file, you see the following folders and command-line utilities.
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# Directory server folder layout

After extracting the PingDirectory server's distribution file, you see the following folders and command-line utilities.

**Layout of the PingDirectory server Folders**

| Directories/Files/Tools | Description                                                                                                                                                                  |
| ----------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `License.txt`           | Licensing agreement for the PingDirectory server.                                                                                                                            |
| `README`                | Describes the steps to set up and start the PingDirectory server.                                                                                                            |
| `bak`                   | Stores the physical backup files used with the `backup` command-line tool.                                                                                                   |
| `bat`                   | Stores Windows-based command-line tools for the PingDirectory server.                                                                                                        |
| `bin`                   | Stores UNIX/Linux-based command-line tools for the PingDirectory server.                                                                                                     |
| `classes`               | Stores any external classes for server extensions.                                                                                                                           |
| `config`                | Stores the configuration files for the backends (admin, config) as well as the directories for messages, schema, tools, and updates.                                         |
| `db`                    | Stores the Oracle Berkeley Java Edition database files for the PingDirectory server.                                                                                         |
| `docs`                  | Provides the product documentation.                                                                                                                                          |
| `import-tmp`            | Stores temporary imported items.                                                                                                                                             |
| `ldif`                  | Stores any LDIF files that you might have created or imported.                                                                                                               |
| `legal-notices`         | Stores any legal notices for dependent software used with the PingDirectory server.                                                                                          |
| `lib`                   | Stores any scripts, jar, and library files needed for the server and its extensions.                                                                                         |
| `locks`                 | Stores any lock files in the backends.                                                                                                                                       |
| `logs`                  | Stores log files for the PingDirectory server.                                                                                                                               |
| `resource`              | Stores the MIB files for SNMP and can include ldif files, make-ldif templates, schema files, `dsconfig` batch files, and other items for configuring or managing the server. |
| `revert-update`         | The `revert-update` tool for UNIX/Linux systems.                                                                                                                             |
| `revert-update.bat`     | The `revert-update` tool for Windows systems.                                                                                                                                |
| `setup`                 | The `setup` tool for UNIX/Linux systems.                                                                                                                                     |
| `setup.bat`             | The `setup` tool for Windows systems.                                                                                                                                        |
| `scim-data-tmp`         | Used to create temporary files containing System for Cross-domain Identity Management (SCIM) request data.                                                                   |
| `uninstall`             | The `uninstall` tool for UNIX/Linux systems.                                                                                                                                 |
| `uninstall.bat`         | The `uninstall` tool for Windows systems.                                                                                                                                    |
| `update`                | The `update` tool for UNIX/Linux systems.                                                                                                                                    |
| `update.bat`            | The `update` tool for Windows systems.                                                                                                                                       |
| `Velocity`              | Stores any customized Velocity templates and other artifacts (CSS, Javascript, images), or Velocity applications hosted by the server.                                       |