User Documentation

This is user documentation for OpenSimulator, mainly aimed towards administrators of the system rather than the ultimate end-users who access the environment through a viewer. If you can't find what you want here you might want to try looking in the Developer Documentation.

For a summary of what features have been implemented in OpenSimulator, please see the Feature Matrix.

Tutorials
If you've written a tutorial or guide on this wiki or on an external site, then please feel free to add a link here and/or on more specific topic pages.

Platform specific

 * OSHT - OpenSim HowTo: Configuring a Grid. This tutorial describes how to install and configure OpenSimulator in grid mode on a Linux platform.
 * Linux Gridserver, the ubuntu way the quick and dirty way to install opensim under ubuntu (Linux)
 * Wiimote - How to use a wiimote/nunchuk controller with the OpenSimulator viewer (Linux)
 * Cacti - Generate Serverstats using the Cacti-Tool and SNMP (Linux)
 * Installing an openSUSE 11.1 Minimal server setup for an OpenSimulator server - Quick and Dirty setup on an openSUSE 11.1 server
 * Streaming Media in OpenSim


 * Chapter & Metaverse - Full suite of tutorials, tips and tricks, for the Windows user (Windows) Also very useful for Linux users!


 * How to install osmodules on Windows using IIS - How to install osmodules on windows using IIS
 * Collectd Generate Serverstats using Collectd

Cross-platform

 * Getting Started with Region Modules - The Hello World of OpenSimulator application development
 * Using L3DT - How to create custom terrains
 * Detailed cross-region terrain making - A workflow for creating large cross-region custom terrains
 * How to make a good Terrain (includes 4 programs to use)
 * Japanese Manual for Construction of OpenSimulator Server System on Linux by NSL (Sorry, Japanese text only)

Application

 * David W. Deeds' OpenSimulator School Quick Start Guide - David W. Deeds' OpenSimulator School Quick Start Guide courtesy of Changchun American International School. Has lots of useful and interesting info, including lesson plans.