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title: Reference
description: Comprehensive guides to configuring and running Teleport
---

Teleport's reference guides provide comprehensive resources for configuring and
running Teleport.

- [Configuration](./config.mdx): All configuration options for the `teleport`
  binary.
- [CLI](./cli.mdx): Commands, flags, and arguments for Teleport's CLI tools.
- [Predicate Language](./predicate-language.mdx): The syntax for Teleport's
  predicate language, which is used to define RBAC policies and search for
  resources.
- [Audit Events](./audit.mdx): A reference of Teleport's audit events.
- [Helm Reference](./helm-reference.mdx): References for Teleport's Helm charts.
- [Networking](./networking.mdx): Ports that Teleport services listen on, plus
  other information about how Teleport services communicate.
- [Authentication](./authentication.mdx): Teleport's authentication connectors.
- [Signals](./signals.mdx): The signals you can use to control a Teleport
  binary.
- [Backends](./backends.mdx): Configuration options and required setup steps for
  Teleport's Auth Service storage backends.
- [Terraform Provider](./terraform-provider.mdx): Configuration options and
  resources for the Teleport Terraform provider.
- [Metrics](./metrics.mdx): All metrics available in Teleport.
- [Resources](./resources.mdx): Configuration resources you can apply in
  Teleport.

<Admonition type="tip">

This section contains references that apply to all Teleport services. For
references that are relevant to a single Teleport service or use case, consult
the appropriate section of the documentation:

- [Teleport Application Service](../application-access/reference.mdx)
- [Teleport Database Service](../database-access/reference.mdx)
- [Teleport Desktop Service](../desktop-access/reference.mdx)
- [Machine ID](../machine-id/reference.mdx)
- [RBAC](../access-controls/reference.mdx)
- [Login Rules](../access-controls/login-rules/reference.mdx)

</Admonition>