# Orderer

## Introduction

An Orderer Node is a Node in the Network that takes care of orchestrating transactions. Orderer Nodes are associated with an Ordering Service which takes care of transaction ordering for a given Channel.

## Configuration

Click the “+” button next to “Organizations” to add an organization.

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### Settings

* **Name**: defines the organization’s name (Organization Name must be set);
* **Type**: in this case the organization is set as an orderer;
* **Certificate Authority 01**: defines a first Certificate Authority for this Organization (At least one Certificate Authority must be defined for this Organization);
* **Certificate Authority 02**: defines a second Certificate Authority for this Organization.


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