# Configuring and Exporting Components

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Configure components and export the component configurations to a location of your choice. You can then import these configuration settings into another SUM session or use these exported configuration parameters to configure the components as you deploy them outside of SUM or with SUM on remote nodes. This allows you to configure components once and reuse the configurations.

The exported configuration file or script is stored in a directory name `<component filename>_conf`. The directory contains the configuration file or script and a `README` file with the instructions on how to deploy the component with the configuration outside of SUM. SUM stores the configuration file or script separately from the component to not break the component security signing.

Procedure

1. On the Baseline Library screen, select the baseline you want to use, select Components, and then select Configuration State until the components that offer configuration settings are filtered to the top.
2. Select Configurable or Configured for each a component you want to configure.
   NOTE:

   Components that display Configured have had the default configuration settings changed.

3. Enter the configuration settings, and then click Save in SUM to store the component settings in the current SUM database.

   Repeat these steps for each component you want to configure.

   NOTE:

   Configuration options vary based on the component.

4. Click Save and Export, and then select a directory where you want to save the component configuration. Select whether you want to include user credentials in the configuration file. SUM creates a directory named after the component you exported. The name is `<component_name>_conf`. The Activity screen displays the address where it saved the configuration file.
5. SUM includes a `README` file that provides instructions on how to deploy the component in standalone mode.
   IMPORTANT:

   SUM stores configuration settings, possibly including user credentials, in a plain-text file format that the component can use.

6. Click Save. The configuration data is saved in the SUM database and written to the appropriate file.
7. Repeat these steps for each component you want to configure.