# Enable .ini settings

Advanced controls can be enabled through an `.ini` file. By default the `.ini` file does not exist. If you create this file and it is empty, the Network Optix Mediaserver will populate it with all available settings, their defaults, and some documentation.

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Create an empty file by running:

```bash
sudo mkdir -p /home/networkoptix-metavms/.config/nx_ini 
sudo touch /home/networkoptix-metavms/.config/nx_ini/nx_ai_manager_plugin.ini 
sudo chmod 666 /home/networkoptix-metavms/.config/nx_ini/nx_ai_manager_plugin.ini
```

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Create an empty file by running:

```bash
sudo mkdir -p /home/networkoptix/.config/nx_ini 
sudo touch /home/networkoptix/.config/nx_ini/nx_ai_manager_plugin.ini 
sudo chmod 666 /home/networkoptix/.config/nx_ini/nx_ai_manager_plugin.ini
```

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Create an empty file by running:

```bash
sudo mkdir -p /home/networkoptix/.config/nx_ini 
sudo touch /home/networkoptix/.config/nx_ini/nx_ai_manager_plugin.ini 
sudo chmod 666 /home/networkoptix/.config/nx_ini/nx_ai_manager_plugin.ini
```

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Create the server `.ini` folder and in that folder create a file named '`nx_ai_manager_plugin.ini`'

```
C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\nx_ini
```

```
C:\Windows\System32\config\systemprofile\AppData\Local\nx_ini\nx_ai_manager_plugin.ini
```

[Restart the server](/nx-ai-manager-v6.1.2/support-and-troubleshooting/troubleshooting/controlling-the-server-and-the-plugin.md) and the `.ini` file is populated.

For more information check the instructions in the Nx Witness documentation

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Then [restart](/nx-ai-manager-v6.1.2/nx-ai-manager-plugin/install-plugin.md) the mediaserver. Once the server has restarted, the `.ini` file contains all available settings with their default values and inline documentation comments. For example:

<figure><img src="/files/asjdVVVspTxY8padebzL" alt="Terminal showing the populated nx_ai_manager_plugin.ini file with auto-generated key-value pairs and inline comments"><figcaption><p>After a server restart, the .ini file is populated with all available settings and their default values</p></figcaption></figure>


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