This guide is designed to help you understand the basics of how CMaNGOS works and get on your way to building a server from the ground up. It is intended for absolute beginners who have no idea what they are doing; if that's not you and you just want a step-by-step guide to building a server then you may want to skip ahead to the Installation Instructions.

This guide will not show you how to do anything directly but it should prepare you to follow the Installation Instructions with a little more knowledge and understanding of what is going on. To get started click on the "Introduction" link below.

The Basics:
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1. Introduction
   
2. What Everything Is
   
3. How Everything Fits Together