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title: Configuring ASE sideband mode
description: To configure ASE to work in the sideband mode:
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# Configuring ASE sideband mode

## About this task

To configure ASE to work in the sideband mode:

## Steps

1. Edit the `config/ase.conf` file.

2. Set the value of the `mode` parameter to `sideband`.

   The default value of the `mode` parameter is `inline`.

   ### Example:

   The following is a snippet of the `ase.conf` file with the `mode` parameter set to `sideband`:

   ```
   ; Defines running mode for API Security Enforcer.
   mode=sideband
   ```