---
title: "Optional: Configuring an ASE persistent connection"
description: You can optionally configure ASE TCP keep-alive connections in the ase.conf file of ASE.
component: pingintelligence
version: 5.2
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revdate: April 3, 2024
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  about-this-task: About this task
  steps: Steps
  example: Example:
---

# Optional: Configuring an ASE persistent connection

You can optionally configure ASE TCP keep-alive connections in the `ase.conf` file of ASE.

## About this task

To configure an ASE persistent connection:

## Steps

* Set `enable_sideband_keepalive` as `true`.

  The default value is set to `false`.

  ### Example:

  The following is a snippet of `ase.conf` displaying the default `enable_sideband_keepalive` variable.

  ```
  ; enable connection keepalive for requests from gateway to ase.
  ; This setting is applicable only in sideband mode.
  ; Once enabled ase will add 'Connection: keep-alive' header in response
  ; Once disabled ase will add 'Connection: close' header in response
  enable_sideband_keepalive=false
  ```