# 🏠 Overview

## Welcome to the Railway Exam Portal User Manual

This comprehensive guide provides a book-like structure to help you configure, manage, and operate the system effectively before and during go-live. The Railway Exam Portal is a high-security, scalable architecture designed for high-stakes online examinations.

This portal serves two primary operational roles:

- Administrators: Can manage all aspects of the system, including users, roles, system health, and global exam settings.
- Examiners: Restricted to managing only their assigned exams, questions, and students' results.

### 1. Authentication & Security (Login)

The Login section is the secured entryway. It utilizes Laravel's robust authentication middleware to ensure that only authorized staff (Admin/Examiner) or authenticated students can access their respective environments. Passwords are securely hashed, and session lifetimes are strictly enforced.

### Getting Started

Use the navigation sidebar on the left to explore the detailed workings of each administrative module in the system. The chapters progress logically from Initial Setup (Users & Roles) to Exam Configuration, and finally to Post-Exam Reporting.