# Fides Configuration

Fides can be configured in two different ways: either via a `toml` file or via environment variables. Both methods can be used simultaneously, with environment variables taking precedence over the `toml` file values.

We've designed Fides so that an average user running Fides CLI interactively won't need to interact with any of the global Fides settings. As a result, most of the global settings relate to configuring the Fides server, providing credentials to systems, advanced CI integrations, configuring messaging service providers, storage destinations and advanced automation tools.

## Viewing Fides Configuration [Permalink for this section](/content/docs/cli-reference/config#viewing-fides-configuration/index.html)

As part of configuring or debugging Fides it may be necessary to view the current configurations of the Fides CLI and Fides Server together. The `fides view` command is designed specifically to output the current configurations of a Fides instance for review.

For details, see:

[The `fides view` command](/content/docs/cli-reference/config/cmd-view/index.html)

[worker](/content/docs/cli-reference/task/cmd-worker "worker"/index.html) [view](/content/docs/cli-reference/config/cmd-view "view"/index.html)