# Administration and Settings

> Set up a new DS Server: change the admin password, register the license, create security profiles and enable OAuth in the admin portal or with the Web API.

- **Product:** DS Server
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Topic
- **Path:** DS Server > Administration and Settings
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/administration/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/administration/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/administration/llms-full.txt

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## On This Page

- [The Admin Portal](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/administration/#the-admin-portal)
- [Find the Right Page](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/administration/#find-the-right-page)
- [Where to Start](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/administration/#where-to-start)
- [Automate the Administration](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/administration/#automate-the-administration)
- [Pages in This Section](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/administration/#pages-in-this-section)

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## In This Section

- [Default Admin Password](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/administration/admin-password/llms.txt): Sign in to the DS Server admin portal with admin/admin and change the password in the portal, with the Web API or the Admin package, or reset it via Admin.db.
- [Authentication Servers](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/administration/authentication-servers/llms.txt): Let several DS Server instances accept each other's access tokens: register authentication servers in the admin portal, with the Web API or the Admin package.
- [Licensing](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/administration/licensing/llms.txt): Register DS Server with your serial number online in the admin portal, manually with a license request string, or with the /license endpoints of the Web API.
- [OAuth Grant Types](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/administration/oauth-grant-types/llms.txt): Choose the authorization code or client credentials grant type of DS Server and request and refresh access tokens with /oauth/authorize and /oauth/token.
- [Enable OAuth](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/administration/oauth/llms.txt): Switch on the OAuth token check of DS Server in the admin portal or with SetOAuthEnabled, what it protects, when to leave it off and how to test it with cURL.
- [Creating Security Profiles](https://docs.textcontrol.com/ds-server/administration/security-profiles/llms.txt): Create OAuth security profiles with a client ID, client secret and redirect URIs in the admin portal, with the /admin/securityprofiles endpoints or in C#.

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