---
title: Administration
description: Configure, upgrade, and manage security in Kapacitor.
url: https://docs.influxdata.com/kapacitor/v1/administration/
estimated_tokens: 324
product: Kapacitor
version: v1
---

# Administration

### [Upgrade to Kapacitor v1](/kapacitor/v1/administration/upgrading/)

Upgrade to the latest version of Kapacitor.

### [Configure Kapacitor](/kapacitor/v1/administration/configuration/)

Configure Kapacitor with configuration files options, environment variables, or the Kapacitor HTTP API.

### [Security](/kapacitor/v1/administration/security/)

Protect the data in your Kapacitor instance.

### [Set up authentication and authorization](/kapacitor/v1/administration/auth/)

An overview of TICK stack authentication and authorization, how to enable authentication in Kapacitor Enterprise, and how to manage users and privileges using the InfluxDB Meta API.

### [Manage Kapacitor subscriptions](/kapacitor/v1/administration/subscription-management/)

Kapacitor subscribes to InfluxDB and receives all data as it is written to InfluxDB. Learn how Kapacitor subscriptions work and how to configure and manage them.