# Execution Configurations

Using this tab, you can create a command execution configuration, i.e. commands executed for the proper backup of your application (or directed to the script file).

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1. Prepare the script or commands, and (if remote SSH execution is required) put them on the remote machine with your application.
2. In the Applications section, create a new **Command Execution Configuration.**

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This is a description of how your script is going to be invoked - you need to specify:

* **Execution Type -** either on the Node or a command to be executed remotely.
* **Timeout** - for script/command execution - make sure to have this timeout set to a value high enough to allow your command to complete its execution.
* **Command arguments** (the first one is the actual executable) - all arguments should be provided separately - Storware Backup & Recovery assumes that they can contain spaces.
* **Data export** - this switch allows you to export (or not) data that will be generated by the command (sometimes you may want Storware Backup & Recovery just to execute commands without transferring anything).
* **Source type** (if you export data)
  * **FILE** - select if your command produces a single file/directory (or multiple files) - if you provide a directory or path with wildcards, Storware Backup & Recovery will create a TAR archive - you have to specify the **Source Path** for this source type.
  * **STREAM** - select if your command generates backup to the standard output.
* Select existing **Applications** (or skip this for now - it can be assigned later).
* You can define the **Parameters** that you'll later be able to use in your commands/scripts. Note that the variable name should not contain white-space characters.\*\*
* **Error handling** - you can decide what do you want to do with errors in your output stream