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title: Updating servers and server groups
description: You can configure servers as part of a server group so that configuration changes applied to a single server are applied to all servers in a group.
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# Updating servers and server groups

You can configure servers as part of a server group so that configuration changes applied to a single server are applied to all servers in a group.

When managing a server that's a member of a server group, creating or updating objects using the Configuration API requires the `applyChangeTo` query attribute. The behavior and acceptable values for this parameter are identical to the `dsconfig` parameter of the same name. A value of `single-server` or `server-group` can be specified.

## Example

```
http://localhost:8082/config/backends/userRoot?applyChangeTo=single-server
```

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|   | This doesn't apply to mirrored subtree objects, which include Topology and Cluster level objects. Changes made to mirrored objects are applied to all objects in the subtree. |