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+# Configuration of the prototpye
+
+## Logging configuration
+* The logging configuration is loaded from a `logging.yaml` file in the config folder
+* For the specification of the logging file, see: https://github.com/theorchard/monolog-cascade
+* The file should be located at: `config/logging.yaml` (default/production)
+* A debug logging configuration is available at: `config/logging.debug.yaml`
+* You can specify the log configuration via ENV variable `AMPERSAND_LOG_CONFIG`. Set it to 'logging.yaml' (default) or 'logging.debug.yaml'
+
+## Project configuration
+The prototype framework automatically loads the following configuration files, in the following order:
+This order allows to have different environments with the same base project configuration
+Configuration values overwrite each other, when specified in multiple files
+
+1. `src/Ampersand/Misc/defaultSettings.yaml` -> framework default settings
+2. `generics/settings.json` -> project specific settings from Ampersand compiler
+3. `config/project.yaml` -> project specific framework settings
+
+The configuration file has the following components:
+* settings: a key/value pair list of config settings
+* config: list of other config files that must be imported
+* extensions: named list of extensions to be included, its bootstrapping and config files
+
+## Environment variables
+Finally certain settings can be set using environment variables.
+These are loaded last and overwrite previous set settings.
+* AMPERSAND_DEBUG_MODE -> global.debugMode
+* AMPERSAND_PRODUCTION_MODE -> global.productionEnv
+* AMPERSAND_DBHOST -> mysql.dbHost
+* AMPERSAND_SERVER_URL -> global.serverURL
+* AMPERSAND_DBNAME -> mysql.dbName
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+# Back end services
+The back end of any application generated by Ampersand offers the following services:
+
+## Login test
+/admin/test/login/{accountId}
+## deleteExpiredSessions
+/admin/sessions/delete/expired
+
+## /admin/resource/{resourceType}/rename
+/admin/execengine/run
+
+## /admin/import
+/admin/ruleengine/evaluate/all
+
+## applicationInstaller
+
+
+## installMetaPopulation
+/metapopulation/install
+
+## cleanupMetaPopulation
+/metapopulation/cleanup
+
+## installNavmenu
+/navmenu
+
+## updateChecksum
+/checksum/update
+
+## reportRelations
+/relations
+
+## conjunctUsage
+/conjuncts/usage
+
+## conjunctPerformance
+/conjuncts/performance
+
+## interfaces
+/interfaces
+
+## interfaceIssues
+/interfaces/issues
+
+## exportAllPopulation
+/export/all
+
+## exportSelectionOfPopulation
+/export/selection
+
+## exportMetaModel
+/export/metamodel
+
+## regenerateAtomIds
+/regenerate-all-atom-ids