# Configuring Screena Portal

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Please follow the steps to install Screena Portal in this order:

1. [Preparing your system](https://help.screena.ai/resources/how-to/install-screena-portal/preparing-your-system)
2. [Installing Screena Portal backend](https://help.screena.ai/resources/how-to/install-screena-portal/installing-screena-portal-backend)
3. [Launching Screena Portal backend](https://help.screena.ai/resources/how-to/install-screena-portal/launching-screena-portal-backend)
4. [Installing the web server](https://help.screena.ai/resources/how-to/install-screena-portal/installing-the-web-server)
5. [**Configuring Screena Portal**](https://help.screena.ai/resources/how-to/install-screena-portal/configuring-screena-portal) **(you are here)**
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The Screena Portal uses 3 properties files to configure various settings. These files are:

* [apigw.properties](#apigw.properties)
* [application.properties](#application.properties)
* [smtp.properties](#smtp.properties)

## apigw\.properties

This file contains the connection parameters to the Screena server. It should be configured to match your system's settings.

| Property                          | Description                                                |
| --------------------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------- |
| screena.base.server               | The URL of the Screena server                              |
| screena.base.port                 | The port of the Screena server                             |
| screena.base.https                | Whether to use HTTPS when connecting to the Screena server |
| apigw\.document.uploaded.basePath | The directory where the uploaded documents will be stored  |
| apigw\.fileDelimiter              | The file delimiter used by the system                      |

## application.properties

This file contains properties to define application-specific settings. It should be configured to match your system's settings.

| Property                   | Description                                                                                           |
| -------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| spring.datasource.url      | The JDBC URL to connect to the database (it specifies the database type, location, port and encoding) |
| spring.datasource.username | The username used to connect to the database                                                          |
| spring.datasource.password | The password used to connect to the database                                                          |

## smtp.properties

This file contains properties to define the SMTP server settings. It should be configured to match your system's SMTP server settings.

| Property                    | Description                                       |
| --------------------------- | ------------------------------------------------- |
| smtp.host                   | The SMTP server hostname                          |
| smtp.port                   | The SMTP server port                              |
| smtp.user                   | The SMTP server username                          |
| smtp.password               | The SMTP server password                          |
| smtp.protocol               | The SMTP protocol to use                          |
| smtp.socketFactory.port     | The SMTP socket factory port                      |
| smtp.auth                   | Whether SMTP authentication is enabled or not     |
| smtp.starttls.enable        | Whether to enable STARTTLS                        |
| smtp.starttls.required      | Whether STARTTLS is required or not               |
| smtp.debug                  | Whether to enable SMTP debugging                  |
| smtp.socketFactory.fallback | Whether to fallback to the socket factory         |
| smtp.from                   | The email address that messages will be sent from |