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title: "Data folders | Customer's Canvas On-Premises"
canonical: "https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-editor/it-ops/advanced/data-folders/"
---

# Data folders

> When you are using Design Editor in a local mode (in contrast to storing everything in an Asset Storage cloud service), all files are located in the folders specified in the configuration files:

- **~/Configuration/AppSettings.config**

    ```xml
    <appSettings>
        <!-- Paths -->
        <add key="DesignFolder" value="..\assets\designs" />
        <add key="MockupFolder" value="..\assets\mockups" />
        <add key="WatermarkFolder" value="..\assets\helpers" />
        <add key="DesignImagesFolder" value="..\assets\helpers" />
        <add key="PublicGalleryFolder" value="..\assets\images" />
        <add key="UserDataFolder" value="..\userdata" />
        ...
    <appSettings>
    ```

- **~/Configuration/Aurigma.DesignAtoms.config**

    ```xml
    <Aurigma.DesignAtoms>
        <add key="ColorProfilesDirectory" value="..\assets\ColorProfiles" />
        <add key="FontDirectory" value="..\assets\fonts" />
        ...
    <appSettings>
    ```

Depending on your needs, you may want to configure these folders to be on the same or a separate drive with the web application. It can be even a network share. See the [Load-balanced environment](https://customerscanvas.com/docs/on-premises/design-editor/it-ops/install/load-balancing.md) for additional considerations when you are storing files in a network. 

:::important
After you have moved the data folders to a network location, you must set up correct permissions for them. A user account, under which Design Editor runs in ASP.NET/IIS, must have the read/write access to these  folders.
:::

It is also important to backup all folders configured above except for the file cache.