# Chamilo configuration settings These settings join several categories, shown in the following illustration. ![](/files/-LioWF31NlwBROOCAU8S) *Illustration: Administration – Portal settings categories* Chamilo offers a default configuration, which is not necessarily the one you would prefer. Even if all options are worth being explained, as an admin should know his environment perfectly, we're only going to see here the ones we consider the most important or more likely to be changed in comparison with the default settings. You can always find a complete list of settings in the Appendix on page 91. Due to the number of settings now available to reconfigure your Chamilo portal, the Chamilo team built a nice and easy search feature. If you don't know where the option is, just search one related word and Chamilo will filter all the corresponding options for you! The three links: *Configuration settings, Plugins* and *Regions* are actually direct links to different sections of the configuration settings, so they won't be explained separately. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.chamilo.org/1.11.x/admin-guide/platform_administration/chamilo_configuration_settings.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.