# Mender.conf content when using standalone

**URL:** <https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-conf-content-when-using-standalone/4523>\
**Category:** General Discussions\
**Tags:** mender-convert\
**Created:** [January 24, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-conf-content-when-using-standalone/4523 "2022-01-24T10:29:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![sensslen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/sensslen/32/245_2.png) [@sensslen](https://hub.mender.io/u/sensslen)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 10:29am UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-conf-content-when-using-standalone/4523/1 "2022-01-24T10:29:40Z")

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We lately updated to mender-convert v2.6. This version now emits a warning about a missing mender.conf file. QWe are currently using mender in standalone mode only. What kind of configuration file would match this scenario?

Regards, Simon

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**Author:** ![dellgreen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/dellgreen/32/85_2.png) [@dellgreen](https://hub.mender.io/u/dellgreen)\
**Post date:** [January 24, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-conf-content-when-using-standalone/4523/2 "2022-01-24T14:58:00Z")

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I have the following for my standalone projects:

> {  
> “ArtifactVerifyKey”: “/etc/mender/artifact-verify-key.pem”  
> }

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**Author:** ![sensslen](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/hub.mender.io/sensslen/32/245_2.png) [@sensslen](https://hub.mender.io/u/sensslen)\
**Post date:** [February 1, 2022, 2:24pm UTC](https://hub.mender.io/t/mender-conf-content-when-using-standalone/4523/3 "2022-02-01T14:24:59Z")

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Hanks, looks very similar to mine 😃 mine is:

```auto
{
}

```