Setting up and running the system itself: what the modules are configured to do, how data is exchanged between office and vessels, and the technical background an administrator needs.

Area | What it covers {class="compact"}
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[Configuration](/Administration/Configuration/) | The settings behind the modules - certificate types, audit types, users and rights, and system variables.
[Database Replication](/Administration/Database-Replication/) | How office and vessels exchange data, and what to do when a merge conflict occurs.
[Procedures](/Administration/Procedures/) | Recurring administrative tasks, such as taking a new vessel into the system.
[Environment Variables](/Administration/Environment-Variables.md) | Variables defined per user that influence how the program starts.
[File Extensions](/Administration/File-Extensions.md) | The file types the system uses and which tool opens them.
[MariaDB](/Administration/MariaDB.md) | Background on the database engine the system runs on.

*[PO]: Purchase Order  
*[AZA]: local folder
*[(PO]: Purchase Order  
*[RQ]: Requisition  
*[(RQ]: Requisition  
*[RfQ]: Request for Quotation  
*[(RfQ]: Request for Quotation  
*[SO]: Service Order  
*[(SO]: Service Order  
*[SQ]: Service Requisition  
*[(SQ]: Service Requisition  
*[SRfQ]: Service Request for Quotation  
*[OoB]: Open on Board  
*[(OoB]: Open on Board 
*[ART]: Average Running Time (operation hours per day) 
*[MC]: Master Contract
*[ADS]: Advantage Database Server (database engine used in previous versions of the ZeeBORN software)
*[.replic]: file extension for replication files (aka data transfer files)