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+.. _configuration:
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+
+Configuration of Orthanc
+========================
+
+Configuring Orthanc simply consists in copying and adapting the
+`default configuration file
+<https://bitbucket.org/sjodogne/orthanc/raw/Orthanc-1.0.0/Resources/Configuration.json>`_. This
+file is in the `JSON <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JSON>`_ file
+format. You can generate a sample configuration file with the
+following call::
+
+    $ Orthanc --config=Configuration.json
+
+Then, start Orthanc by giving it the path to the modified
+Configuration.json path as a command-line argument::
+
+    $ Orthanc ./Configuration.json
+
+The default configuration file would:
+
+* Create a DICOM server with the DICOM AET (Application Entity Title)
+  ``ORTHANC`` that listens on the port 4242.
+* Create a HTTP server for the REST API that listens on the port 8042.
+* Store the Orthanc database in a folder called ``OrthancStorage``.
+
+To obtain more diagnostic, you can use the ``--verbose`` or the
+``--trace`` options::
+
+    $ Orthanc ./Configuration.json --verbose
+    $ Orthanc ./Configuration.json --trace
+
+Starting with Orthanc 0.9.1, you can also start Orthanc with the path
+to a directory. In such a case, Orthanc will load all the files with a
+``.json`` extension in this directory, and merge them to construct the
+configuration file. This allows to split the global configuration into
+several files.