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title: "Config folder"
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# Config folder
`/WEB-INF/config`
This folder contains your PageSeeder configuration.
> **Tip:** Please ensure that you have a copy of this folder outside your deployed solution. We recommend that you backup this folder. Typically the some of the configuration files would also be maintain in a version control system.
The PageSeeder configuration includes:
- the [database properties](../../guide/configuration/properties/database_properties.md)
- the [global properties](../../guide/configuration/properties/global_properties.md)
- the [group properties](../glossary/group_properties.md)
- your custom [project templates](../glossary/project_template.md)
- An optional `analytics.xml` file
- An optional `identity-config.xml` file
- *In PageSeeder v6.0 and lower the file was `external-identity.xml`.*
## `analytics.xml` file
Use this file to inject some code into the user interface. This is typically use for Web analytics.
```lang-xml
```
## `identity-config.xml` file
Use this file to specify Open ID providers and external portal apps to support SSO.
```lang-xml
```
This file is returned by the [/identity-config](../../api/services/get-identity-config-GET.md) service.