> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.chamilo.org/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.chamilo.org/3.x/administration-guide/admin-guide.md).

# Administration Guide

Welcome to the Chamilo 3.0 Administration Guide. This guide is designed for platform administrators responsible for installing, configuring, and managing a Chamilo instance.

## What you can do as an Administrator

As a Chamilo administrator, you manage:

* **Installation and configuration** — Set up Chamilo on your server, configure storage, email, and environment settings
* **Users** — Create, import, and manage user accounts, roles, and permissions
* **Courses and sessions** — Oversee course creation, manage the course catalog, and configure training sessions
* **Platform** — Languages, portal news, the global agenda, and the Pages CMS tool
* **Platform settings** — Configure portal behavior, security, performance, and feature availability
* **Analytics** — Platform statistics, learning analytics, and corporate/HR reporting
* **Skills** — Define competency badges and link them to gradebook results
* **System** — Server maintenance tools, self-update, storage inspection, and branding
* **Rooms** — Manage physical sites and bookable training rooms
* **Security** — Monitor login attempts, review flagged intrusion attempts, check password strength, and verify file integrity
* **Plugins** — Install, configure, and manage platform extensions
* **Authentication** — Set up external login systems (OAuth2, LDAP, CAS, SCIM)
* **Integrations** — Connect Chamilo to video conferencing, LTI tools, AI providers, and more
* **Maintenance** — Perform backups, monitor system health, and manage storage

## How this guide is organized

1. **Getting Started** — An overview of the administration interface
2. **Installation** — Server requirements, installation wizard, and initial configuration
3. **Users** — Managing user accounts, roles, groups, and profiles
4. **Courses** — Managing courses, categories, and import/export
5. **Sessions** — Organizing time-bound training cohorts
6. **Platform** — Languages, portal news, the global agenda, and the Pages CMS tool
7. **Platform Settings** — Configuring every aspect of the platform
8. **Analytics** — Statistics, learning analytics, and corporate/HR reporting
9. **Skills** — Competency badges and gradebook-driven awards
10. **System** — Server tools, self-update, storage inspection, and branding
11. **Rooms** — Branches and bookable training rooms
12. **Security** — Security monitoring and auditing tools
13. **Plugins** — Managing platform extensions
14. **Health Check** — Live configuration checks
15. **Other Admin Blocks** — Chamilo.org links, version check, support, and news
16. **Authentication** — Setting up external authentication providers
17. **Integrations** — Connecting third-party services
18. **Multi-URL** — Running multiple portals from a single installation
19. **Performance Tuning** — Optimizing the platform for speed and scale
20. **Maintenance** — Backups, system status, and cleanup

## Accessing the Administration Panel

After logging in as an administrator, click **Administration** <img src="/files/9K9jj6iKPzcHC8iRrsDo" alt="Admin" data-size="line"> in the sidebar to access the administration panel.