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# Game Server Configuration overview

> Learn about Game Server Configuration in PlayFab, which provides server-side key/value and file storage for your title's game server entities.

Game Server Configuration provides server-side storage for data scoped to your title's `game_server` entity. It uses the Entity Objects and Entity Files APIs to store and retrieve JSON objects and binary files that configure game server behavior.

## What belongs in Game Server Configuration

Use Game Server Configuration for data that:

* Applies to your game servers rather than individual players
* Needs to be read by server-authoritative game logic
* Includes configuration such as match settings, server parameters, or feature flags that aren't per-player

## How it works

Game Configuration uses the same underlying APIs as other entity data storage in PlayFab:

* **Entity Objects** — store small JSON-serializable key/value pairs on the `game_server` entity using [SetObjects](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/playfab/data/object/set-objects) and [GetObjects](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/playfab/data/object/get-objects)
* **Entity Files** — store larger binary or text files on the `game_server` entity using the [File APIs](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/playfab/data/file)

To authenticate as a `game_server` entity, call [AuthenticateGameServerWithCustomId](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/rest/api/playfab/authentication/authentication/authenticate-game-server-with-custom-id) as a title entity.

## Related features

For a comparison of all entity storage features, see [Entity Objects](https://docs.xbox.com/services/playfab/live-service-management/game-configuration/entities/entity-objects.md#related-features).

## View in Game Manager

You can view and manage Game Configuration data in Game Manager under the entity browser by selecting a `game_server` entity.

## See also

* [Entity Programming Model](https://docs.xbox.com/services/playfab/live-service-management/game-configuration/entities.md)
* [Entity Objects](https://docs.xbox.com/services/playfab/live-service-management/game-configuration/entities/entity-objects.md)
* [Entity Files](https://docs.xbox.com/services/playfab/live-service-management/game-configuration/entities/entity-files.md)
* [Title Data](https://docs.xbox.com/services/playfab/live-service-management/game-configuration/titledata.md)


## Related topics

- [LocalMultiplayerAgent Overview](https://docs.xbox.com/services/playfab/multiplayer/servers/LocalMultiplayerAgent/local-multiplayer-agent-overview.md)
- [Portal configuration overview](https://docs.xbox.com/services/xbox-services/fundamentals/portal-config/live-portal-config-overview.md)
- [Servers overview page](https://docs.xbox.com/services/playfab/multiplayer/servers/build-server-overview.md)
- [Overview of packaging](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/packaging/overviews/packaging.md)
- [Web Content Test Application (CTA) overview](https://docs.xbox.com/build/core-features/common/game-streaming/game-streaming-web-content-test-application.md)