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title: Managing Hermes settings
description: View, modify, and manage configuration properties that control the behavior of Hermes Messaging Service. You can update property values, manage background job states, or adjust settings where automated detection is unavailable.
locale: en-US
canonical_url: https://www.servicenow.com/docs/r/australia/servicenow-platform/multi-instance-framework-hermes/manage-hermes-settings.html
release: australia
product: Multi-Instance Framework - Hermes
classification: multi-instance-framework-hermes
topic_type: concept
last_updated: "2026-05-21"
reading_time_minutes: 1
keywords: [Hermes, Hermes settings, Hermes configuration, background jobs, hermes\_admin, maint, scheduled jobs]
breadcrumb: [Administer, Hermes Messaging Service, Manage service capabilities, Extend ServiceNow AI Platform capabilities]
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# Managing Hermes settings

View, modify, and manage configuration properties that control the behavior of Hermes Messaging Service. You can update property values, manage background job states, or adjust settings where automated detection is unavailable.

-   **[Update Hermes messaging settings](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/multi-instance-framework-hermes/view-and-modify-a-hermes-property-value.md)**  
Review and modify the current the Hermes configuration properties to control Apache Kafka integration, topic management, and other messaging behavior.
-   **[Manage a background job in Hermes Messaging Service](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/multi-instance-framework-hermes/manage-a-background-job.md)**  
Manage background jobs in Hermes Messaging Service to control when and how often scheduled tasks run. You can make a job inactive, re-enable it, or adjust its interval from the Hermes Settings page.

**Parent Topic:**[Administering Hermes Messaging Service](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ServiceNow/ServiceNowDocs/australia/markdown/australia/servicenow-platform/multi-instance-framework-hermes/hermes-messaging-service-administration.md)

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