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title: "The configuration file"
url: "https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-configuration-file/"
description: "Configuration file location and syntax, global variables, modules, inline objects and channels, and ways to manage complex configurations."
last_modified: "2026-09-23T14:21:26+02:00"
---

> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/llms.txt).

# The configuration file

Configuration file location and syntax, global variables, modules, inline objects and channels, and ways to manage complex configurations.

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[Location of the configuration file](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-configuration-file/config-file/index.md)

[The configuration syntax in detail](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-configuration-file/configuration-syntax/index.md)

[Notes about the configuration syntax](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-configuration-file/configuration-syntax-notes/index.md)

[Defining configuration objects inline](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-configuration-file/inline-objects/index.md)

[Using channels in configuration objects](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-configuration-file/embedded-objects/index.md)

[Global and environmental variables](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-configuration-file/config-global-variables/index.md)

[Configuration identifier](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-configuration-file/configuration-identifier/index.md)

[Using modules](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-configuration-file/modules/index.md)

[Managing complex configurations](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-configuration-file/large-configs/index.md)

[Python code in external files](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-configuration-file/python-code-external-file/index.md)

[Logging from your Python code](https://axoflow.com/docs/axosyslog-core/4.28/chapter-configuration-file/python-code-logging/index.md)

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