# Break-glass recovery configuration

## Definition

Break glass is the mechanism that allows users to gain emergency access to critical systems or information under exceptional circumstances when normal access procedures are not viable.

<p class="callout info">For more information you can visit [the Break Glass book](https://bookstack.soffid.com/books/break-glass).</p>

## Screen overview

[![image-1721911781264.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/scaled-1680-/image-1721911781264.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/image-1721911781264.png)

## Related objects

1. <span class="ILfuVd"><span class="hgKElc">**[User](https://bookstack.soffid.com/books/soffid-3-reference-guide/page/users)**</span></span>

## Standard attributes

#### Authorized users

Allows you to configure from one to three users to break glass

- **User**: allows you to choose the first users to break the glass.
- **User**: allows you to choose the second users to break the glass.
- **User**: allows you to choose the third users to break the glass.
- **Number of users required to break the glass**: this number allows you to configure the number of users required to break the glass

#### Authorized application

- **Enabled**: allows you to enable or disable the the break-glass recovery.
- **Token**: allows you to generate a new token by clicking the refresh icon.

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## Actions

<table border="1" id="bkmrk-apply-changes-allows" style="width: 100%;"><tbody><tr><td style="width: 31.2754%;">**Generate Token**</td><td style="width: 68.7109%;">Allows you to generate a new Token by clicking the refresh icon

[![image-1721911436603.png](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/scaled-1680-/image-1721911436603.png)](https://bookstack.soffid.com/uploads/images/gallery/2024-07/image-1721911436603.png)

</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 31.2754%;">**Apply changes**</td><td style="width: 68.7109%;">Allows you to update the changes made on the break glass recovery configuration.</td></tr><tr><td style="width: 31.2754%;">**Undo**</td><td style="width: 68.7109%;">Allows you to quit without applying any changes.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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