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title: Default settings
description: The API Publish configuration file (apipublish.properties) is located in the /pingidentity/apipublish/config/ directory. The following table explains the parameters and provides recommended values. You can change the default values based on your requirements.
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# Default settings

The API Publish configuration file (`apipublish.properties`) is located in the `/pingidentity/apipublish/config/` directory. The following table explains the parameters and provides recommended values. You can change the default values based on your requirements.

| Parameter                                       | Description                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| ----------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| `pi.apipublish.ssl.enabled-protocols`           | The supported SSL protocols. The default value is `TLSv1.2`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `pi.apipublish.ssl.ciphers`                     | The supported `.ssl` ciphers. For the list of valid cipher names, see .oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/specs/security/standard-names.html//\[]. For multiple cipher names, use a comma to separate names in the list. For example: `TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384`,`TLS_DHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_CBC_SHA256`.                                                                                                                             |
| `pi.apipublish.ssl.key-store`                   | The directory path of the key store. The default value is `config/ssl/apipublish.jks`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
| `pi.apipublish.ssl.key-store-type`              | The key store type. The default value is `JKS`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               |
| `pi.apipublish.ssl.key-store-password`          | The password of the JKS key store. PingIntelligence ships with a default obfuscated password. You can reset the password and obfuscate it.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| `pi.apipublish.ssl.key-alias`                   | Alias for the SSL key. The default value is `pingidentity`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `pi.apipublish.server.port`                     | Port for the API Publish Service and PingIntelligence Dashboard communication. The default value is `8050`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| `pi.apipublish.server.timezone`                 | Set the time zone to `utc` or `local`. The default timezone is `utc`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| `pi.apipublish.server.deployment_type`          | The API Publish Service deployment mode. Valid values are `cloud` or `onprem`. The default value is `onprem`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| `pi.apipublish.datasource.data_dbname`          | The MongoDB data database name. The default value is `abs_data`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |
| `pi.apipublish.datasource.metadata_dbname`      | The MongoDB metadata database name.The default value is `abs_metadata`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
| `pi.apipublish.datasource.mongo_rs`             | Comma separated MongoDB replica set URI.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
| `pi.apipublish.datasource.mongo_ssl`            | Set to `true` if MongoDB is configured to use SSL connections. The default value is `false`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  |
| `pi.apipublish.datasource.mongo_auth_mechanism` | Defines the method in which MongoDB authenticates. The possible values are:- `NONE`: Set to `NONE` if authentication is not configured in MongoDB.

- `DEFAULT`: Set to `DEFAULT` if you want to use a native MongoDB username and password. Provide the values in the next two variables.

- `PLAIN`: Set to `PLAIN` if you want to use LDAP authentication. In this case, provide the LDAP username and password in the next two variables. |
| `pi.apipublish.datasource.mongo_certificate`    | Set to true if you want to verify MongoDB SSL server certificate when the API Publish Service connects to MongoDB. The default value is `false`.

Make sure pi.apipublishservice.datasource.mongo\_ssl is set to true before setting pi.apipublishservice.datasource.mongo\_certificate to true.                                                                                                                                      |
| `pi.apipublish.datasource.username`             | MongoDB username. The default value is `absuser`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             |
| `pi.apipublish.datasource.password`             | MongoDB password. The default value is `abs123`.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              |