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title: "Manage Aerospike Graph"
description: "Guide to configuring, managing data lifecycles, and securing Aerospike Graph Service (AGS) deployments."
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# Manage Aerospike Graph

> For the complete documentation index see: [llms.txt](https://aerospike.com/docs/llms.txt)
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This section covers tools and features for managing Aerospike Graph Service (AGS) deployments in production, including configuration, data lifecycle, and security.

## Configure Aerospike Graph

AGS reads configuration from properties files or environment variables at startup. You can use either method for any of the topics below:

Configuration

Set connection parameters and tune performance.

[Configure AGS](https://aerospike.com/docs/graph/manage/configure/)

Multi-tenancy

Run multiple isolated graphs in one AGS instance.

[Multi-tenant graphs](https://aerospike.com/docs/graph/manage/multi-tenant/)

## Manage data lifecycle and metadata

The following topics cover day-to-day operational tasks for managing your graph data:

Data protection

Back up and recover your graph data.

[Backup and restore](https://aerospike.com/docs/graph/manage/backup/)

Data expiration

Automatically expire vertices and edges.

[Enabling TTL](https://aerospike.com/docs/graph/manage/ttl/)

Metadata

Get counts, property keys, and supernode stats.

[Graph summary](https://aerospike.com/docs/graph/manage/summary/)

Admin API

Access admin and monitoring endpoints.

[HTTP endpoints](https://aerospike.com/docs/graph/manage/endpoints/)

## Security

AGS supports role-based access control (RBAC), TLS encryption, and audit logging to protect your deployment. Start with the security overview to understand the available options:

Protect your deployment

RBAC, TLS, and audit logging.

[Security overview](https://aerospike.com/docs/graph/manage/security/)