# Administration applications guide

Intended audience: beginners, administrators

Starting as Administrator for Tango Controls you should look on the following tools and topics:

## Astor

Astor is a tool for management of Tango Controls system.

## Jive

It is a tool used to configure components of the Tango Controls and browse a static Tango Database. See Jive Manual.

## LogViewer

Tango provides a logging facility. You may use it with the LogViewer application delivered with Tango Controls.

## Tango Database

Tango Admin is a command-line interface for Tango Database management.

## Installation

Recipes on system installation are provided in a dedicated section.

Then, Administration section contains various related information.