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NIM Settings

Configuration → Settings

Configure the NIM services that keep your identity platform secure, available, connected, and ready for daily operations.

Use Configuration → Settings to manage platform-wide behavior. Start with the outcome you need below, then use the complete settings index when you know the area you want to manage.

Start with your goalDirect link to Start with your goal

Activate and secure NIM

Install or review your license, configure HTTPS, and manage the certificates NIM needs for trusted connections.

Manage licensing and security →

Send notifications

Configure SMTP mail or an SMS gateway so NIM can deliver notifications, approvals, and password-reset messages.

Configure delivery →

Control sign-in and defaults

Set login behavior, session timing, branding, browser security headers, and other environment-wide preferences.

Review preferences →

Protect and recover configuration

Create repositories, take backups and snapshots, and restore NIM configuration when recovery is required.

Plan backup and recovery →

Keep the platform operating wellDirect link to Keep the platform operating well

Schedule maintenance
Put the service in maintenance mode before planned work and communicate the temporary interruption.

Plan an upgrade
Check the installed version and use the upgrade guidance before changing the NIM installation.

Manage connector availability
Review connector settings when configuring integrations or diagnosing connector communication.

Browse all settingsDirect link to Browse all settings

Identity, access, and securityDirect link to Identity, access, and security

  • License — activate NIM and review license status.
  • HTTPS — configure secure browser access to NIM.
  • Certificates — manage certificates and PGP encryption.
  • Preferences — manage login, sessions, branding, security headers, audit behavior, and MCP access.
  • SAML — configure SAML single sign-on.
  • LDAP — configure LDAP connectivity and lookup behavior.

Communication and shared dataDirect link to Communication and shared data

  • Mail — configure the SMTP server used by notification templates.
  • SMS — configure SMS message delivery.
  • Lookup Tables — maintain reusable values for configuration and workflows.
  • Connectors — manage connector-related configuration.

Backup, maintenance, and service lifecycleDirect link to Backup, maintenance, and service lifecycle

  • Repositories and backup — create, manage, and restore configuration repositories.
  • Snapshots — capture and restore point-in-time configuration snapshots.
  • Maintenance — safely prepare NIM for planned service work.
  • Version — identify your NIM version and prepare for an upgrade.
Looking for day-to-day help?

For job failures, validation errors, service troubleshooting, backups, and operational procedures, visit Administration & operations.

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