# Platform Usage

- [Configuration](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/configuration.md)
- [License](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/configuration/license.md): The license is provided in the form of a token with a restricted time of validity.
- [LDAP](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/configuration/ldap.md): Datasentinel seamlessly integrates with LDAP for user authentication.
- [SMTP](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/configuration/smtp.md): SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) is required for sending email notifications and workload reports. It ensures reliable delivery of messages, enabling real-time alerts and efficient report sharing
- [Audit](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/configuration/audit.md): Datasentinel can audit the actions performed by your declared users on the platform.
- [Default RBAC Behavior](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/configuration/default-rbac-behavior.md)
- [Users & Roles](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/configuration/users-and-roles.md): Datasentinel employs a multi-layered approach to secure user access to its platform and control who can access monitored PostgreSQL instances.
- [Backend](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/configuration/backend.md)
- [API Reference](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/api-reference.md)
- [Access Token](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/api-reference/access-token.md): To enable interaction with the Platform API, it is necessary to generate an access token.This access token is subsequently used when making calls to the API.
- [Connection](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/api-reference/connection.md): The Connection API is available solely through an on-premises installation and is reliant on the decision to use the Agentless feature.
- [Role](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/api-reference/role.md)
- [User](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/api-reference/user.md)
- [Reporting](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/api-reference/reporting.md)
- [Workload](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/api-reference/workload.md): The Workload API provides you with the option to download comprehensive metrics in either JSON or CSV format.
- [Alerting](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/api-reference/alerting.md)
- [Tooling](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/tooling.md): Datasentinel provides tooling to help you troubleshoot problems or gather information about system configurations.
- [Log Files](/manual/implementation/platform-usage/log-files.md): Datasentinel generates logs, which are located in the /datasentinel/log directory, except for the NGINX log file.