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title: ABS Administration
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# ABS Administration

Administering API Behavioral Security (ABS) requires the understanding of:

* Directory structure

* Obfuscating passwords for securing ABS

* Configuring Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) *(tooltip: \<div class="paragraph">
  \<p>A protocol for authenticated and encrypted links between networked machines, typically over HTTPS. SSL was deprecated in 1999 in favor of Transport Layer Security (TLS).\</p>
  \</div>)* for secure communication for between PingIntelligence products

* Different types of ABS users

* Understanding the port requirements

* Creating ABS cluster

* Understanding ABS log files

* Purging access logs from ABS

* ABS REST API format