---
title: "Authentication server configuration"
slug: "dpo-export-and-import-authentication-server-configuration"
updated: 2026-10-27T20:13:31Z
published: 2026-10-27T20:13:31Z
canonical: "docs.onespan.com/dpo-export-and-import-authentication-server-configuration"
---

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# Authentication server configuration

The Authentication Server's configuration is stored in a large set of tenant-specific and app-specific properties.

## Exporting

#### Using the Admin Console

1. Login to the Admin Console and, if needed, switch to the desired tenant.
2. Navigate to **Configuration > Import/Export**. In the **Authentication Server** section, click **Export**. You are prompted to save the properties file which is a text file.

#### Using nnl-mgmt.sh

The example below shows how to export the Auth Server's configuration from the current tenant.

```plaintext
./nnl-mgmt.sh properties export -file /home/default/AuthServerConfig.properties
```

## Importing

#### Using the Admin Console

1. Login to the Admin Console and, if needed, switch to the desired tenant.
2. Navigate to **Configuration > Import/Export**.
3. In the **Authentication Server** section, click **Choose File** and navigate to the properties file to import. You can optionally select the **Overwrite existing configuration properties** checkbox so property values from the import file replace existing values. Click **Import.**

#### Using nnl-mgmt.sh

The example below shows how to import the Auth Server's configuration into the current tenant.

```plaintext
./nnl-mgmt.sh properties import -file /home/default/AuthServerConfig.properties
```

You can optionally append -overwrite yes to the above command.