> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.minicor.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Configurations

> Key-value settings resolved into a job at run time. Credentials live here, not in the automation.

A configuration is a set of key-value pairs attached to a job and resolved at run time: the automation reads a key and gets the current value. Credentials for the target system are the most common use, which keeps them out of the automation itself and out of its history.

## Using configurations

Create a configuration in the dashboard under **Configurations**, add your properties, and attach it to the job. The job page shows which configuration a job uses. Change a value and the next run picks it up; nothing needs to be rebuilt or retaught.

Configurations also select the environment. A job pointed at a staging configuration runs against your staging system; swap the configuration and the same job runs against production.

For login challenges that need a code, see [2FA / OTP](/running/two-factor).

> Change a value in one place and every run after picks it up. Credentials never live in the automation itself.