# Config guide

How to configure the `config.json` that drives a session. For copy-paste
recipes, see the [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/cookbook).

## Core configuration

- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/intro)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/assemblies)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/tracks)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/authentication)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/slot_types)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/connections)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/from_config)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/plugins)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/file_types)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/text_searching)

## Track types

- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/alignments_track)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/gwas_track)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/hic_track)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/maf_track)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/multiquantitative_track)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/quantitative_track)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/synteny_track)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/variant_track)

## Callbacks

- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/customizing_feature_colors)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/customizing_feature_details)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/jexl)

## Appearance

- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/theme)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/default_session)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/track_selector)

## Deployment

- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/avoiding_stale_config)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/deploying)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/disable_analytics)
- [](https://jbrowse.org/jb2-staging/docs/config_guides/serving_data)