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# Settings overview

Most configuration lives under **Settings** in the menu. Some settings are personal to your account; others are server-wide and need an admin.

## Personal settings

Available to everyone signed in:

* **Account.** Your profile, password, two-factor authentication, and active sessions. See [Security](/admin/security).
* **Appearance.** Theme, language, and interface options, including whether the settings pages form their own sidebar group and which groups can collapse.
* **Notifications.** How and when this device alerts you. See [Notifications](/notifications/).

## Administrator settings

Available to admins:

* **Users.** Accounts, roles, and active sessions. See [Users](/admin/users).
* **Recordings.** Recording and storage options. See [Recording](/recording/).
* **Remote access.** Reaching the server from outside, plus the addresses apps use to reach it on your own network. See [Remote access](/remote/).
* **MQTT.** Connect camera.ui to an MQTT broker.
* **Backup.** Back up and restore your setup, and schedule recurring backups. See [Backup](/admin/backup).
* **System.** Version, updates, and server actions. See [System](/admin/system).

## Admin tools

The menu has more admin tools:

* **Metrics** for how the server and each camera are doing, in three tabs: **Overview** with the system and process tables, **Cameras** with what detection costs per camera, and **Storage** with the disk breakdown. See [What detection costs](/detection/ai-backends#what-detection-costs).
* **[Updates](/install/updating#the-updates-page)** for the server, the plugins and the workers in one list.
* **[Automations](/automations/)** for connecting events to actions.
* **[Logs](/admin/logs)** and a **terminal** for troubleshooting.
* **[Instances](/admin/instances)** for switching between several servers, and **[Workers](/admin/workers)** for sharing the load of this one.
* A raw **configuration** editor for advanced changes.