# Administration Tools

> The system-level tools for messaging active users, downloading log files, and turning on extra logging while troubleshooting.

URL: https://www.hannonhill.com/cascadecms/latest/articles/cascade-administration/administration-tools/index.html
category: Cascade Administration
article-type: concept
content-kind: article
release-availability: all
updated: 2026-10-06

Administration Tools are the system-wide utilities available to administrators from the **Administration** area. They cover talking to the people currently working in the CMS, and finding out what the application itself has been doing.

## What's here

- [Announcements](https://www.hannonhill.com/cascadecms/latest/articles/cascade-administration/administration-tools/announcements.html) — post a message to everyone working in the CMS, optionally pinned until it is dismissed.
- [Logs and system information](https://www.hannonhill.com/cascadecms/latest/articles/cascade-administration/administration-tools/logs-and-system-information.html) — download log files and check the environment the application is running in: memory, JVM settings, operating system, and version.
- [Logging configuration](https://www.hannonhill.com/cascadecms/latest/articles/cascade-administration/administration-tools/logging-configuration.html) — raise the logging level on specific parts of the application while diagnosing a problem.

> **These tools are installation-wide**
>
> Nothing here is scoped to a single Site, so all three require system administrator access.