Access URLs

Access URLs allow a single Chamilo installation to serve multiple separate portals.

Use Cases

• Multi-tenant deployments — Host separate training portals for different organizations on a single server

• Departmental portals — Give each department its own branded portal (e.g., hr.training.company.com, it.training.company.com)

• Regional portals — Separate portals for different regions or languages

How It Works

Each access URL is a separate entry point to the same Chamilo installation:

• Users can be assigned to one or more access URLs

• Courses and sessions belong to specific access URLs

• Platform settings can be customized per access URL

• Branding and themes can differ per URL

• Users on one portal cannot see users or courses on another (unless explicitly shared)

Configuration

Enabling Multi-URL

Multi-URL must be enabled in the Chamilo configuration (typically in the environment settings). This is usually done during initial setup.

Creating an Access URL

1. From the administration panel, navigate to Access URLs

2. Click Add a URL

3. Enter the URL (e.g., https://portal2.yoursite.com)

4. Configure settings specific to this URL

5. Save

Assigning Users and Courses

• Users — Assign users to specific access URLs. A user can belong to multiple URLs.

• Courses — Assign courses to specific access URLs

• Sessions — Assign sessions to specific access URLs

Per-URL Settings

Each access URL can have its own:

• Color theme — Different visual branding

• Platform name and logo — Custom identity

• Settings overrides — Certain platform settings can be customized per URL

Tips

• Decide early — If choosing a multi-URL setup, you should do that at the start of your Chamilo project as it requires leaving the first URL relatively empty of content. Enabling multi-URL afterwards is more challenging (requires manual databases changes).

• Plan URL structure — Decide on your URL scheme before creating access URLs, as changing URLs later affects all existing links and bookmarks

• DNS configuration — Each access URL must resolve to the same Chamilo server. Configure DNS records accordingly.

• Global administrator — Use the Global Administrator role to manage across all access URLs