.. _section-configuration-settings-page: Retrieve the Settings Page ========================== In order to accomplish any online administrative tasks, you must: * Login with an account that has administrator privileges * Navigate to the "Settings" page, from which you can eventually get to the administrative page of interest. .. note:: In addition to the online administrator interface, there are also administative capabilities available through the command line. These are documented in :ref:`section-developer-guide-management-commands`. Log in as admin --------------- To login as an administrator, go to the internal (Django) login page at: http://127.0.0.1:8000/account/login: .. figure:: figs/configuration/configuration-account-login.png :width: 600 px :align: center Use the credentials you specified in the MAKAHIKI_ADMIN_INFO environment variable. Upon successful login, you will be taken to the home page: .. figure:: figs/configuration/configuration-admin-home.png :width: 600 px :align: center Note that admin accounts have two additional pages displayed in the Nav Bar: "Status" and "Settings". "Status" provides real time analytics for use in managing a running competition, as detailed in :ref:`section-challenge-management`. Click on Settings page icon --------------------------- Click on the Settings icon in the Nav Bar to go to the Settings page: .. figure:: figs/configuration/configuration-settings.png :width: 600 px :align: center This page presents a set of buttons providing access to different administrative areas depending upon the type of task to be accomplished. These correspond roughly to the Makahiki "life-cycle phases" described in :ref:`section-site-administration-guide`.