# IRPCVaultAdmin.GetDefaultReplicationConfiguration

Location: [gRPC API](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/index.md) > [Administration API](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/admin/index.md) > [Vault administration](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCVaultAdmin/index.md)

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Badges: `Administration API / specialized` `admin` `session` `idempotent`

Gets the default cloud storage connection string for the vault's archive and replication jobs.

- **Service:** [Vault administration](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCVaultAdmin/index.md) `MFiles.IRPCVaultAdmin`
- **gRPC method:** `/MFiles.IRPCVaultAdmin/GetDefaultReplicationConfiguration`
- **HTTP (mf-http-grpc):** `POST /grpc/v1/get-default-replication-configuration`
- **Request:** [`GetDefaultReplicationConfigurationRequest`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCVaultAdmin/GetDefaultReplicationConfiguration/index.md#request)
- **Response:** [`GetDefaultReplicationConfigurationResponse`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/MFiles.IRPCVaultAdmin/GetDefaultReplicationConfiguration/index.md#response)
- **Book and level:** Administration API, specialized
- **Kind:** admin
- **Session:** Required: the session ID from LogIn in the mfiles-session-id-bin metadata.
- **Idempotent:** yes
- **Returns metadata structure version:** no
- **Streaming:** none (unary)

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## Remarks

- Requires a vault session and the vault rights `archive` and `restore_from_archive` (a
  normal user gets "Access denied"). Read-only.
- On a server without a default configuration, `connection_string` is empty.

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## Request: GetDefaultReplicationConfigurationRequest

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## Response: GetDefaultReplicationConfigurationResponse

> Nested message fields are expanded to depth 3; follow a type link for deeper levels and for the type's own page.

| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| `default_replication_configuration` | [`DefaultReplicationConfiguration`](https://developer.m-files.com/APIs/gRPC-API/Reference/Messages/MFiles.DefaultReplicationConfiguration/index.md) | The default configuration; `connection_string` is the cloud storage connection string, or empty. |
| `default_replication_configuration.connection_string` | `string` | Connection String for replication via cloud. |