Administration Guide

Welcome to the Chamilo 2.0 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 settings — Configure portal behavior, security, performance, and feature availability

• Authentication — Set up external login systems (OAuth2, LDAP, CAS, SCIM)

• Integrations — Connect Chamilo to video conferencing, LTI tools, AI providers, and more

• Branding — Customize the look and feel of the platform with themes and visual settings

• 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 Settings — Configuring every aspect of the platform

7. Authentication — Setting up external authentication providers

8. Integrations — Connecting third-party services

9. Plugins — Managing platform extensions

10. Multi-URL — Running multiple portals from a single installation

11. Maintenance — Backups, system status, and cleanup

12. Branding — Customizing the platform appearance

Accessing the Administration Panel

After logging in as an administrator, click Administration in the sidebar to access the administration panel.