HOW TO INSTALL MOODLE 3.6.3 ON Ubuntu 18.04/16.04
Moodle (Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) is a free open-source learning management system or e-Learning platform, that makes it easy for you to provide online support for your course. Moodle provides a place where you can easily create web pages with information about your course and provide links to word documents, slides, and other resources that your students will want to access. Moodle is built by the Moodle project which is led and coordinated by Moodle HQ, which is financially supported by a network of over 80 Moodle Partner service companies worldwide.
The department and the university provide a wealth of materials and resources, but catering for so many different types of students it can be hard for learners to find those that are most relevant to them. You can use your Moodle to provide links directly to the resources that will be most useful for your students whether e-library resources, skills courses, or information
See Also:
- HOW TO INSTALL MOODLE 3.6.3 ON CENTOS/RHEL 7/6
- HOW TO INSTALL MOODLE ON UBUNTU USING NGINX
- HOW TO INSTALL MOODLE 2.9 ON CENTOS/RHEL 7/6/5
Advantages:
- An enhanced course overview and new dashboard blocks
- Next cloud integration
- Additional privacy settings to further embed our GDPR support
- Support for Open Badges version 2 specification.
- Media uploads in assignment feedback
Step 1: Install Required Packages
Install order to setup Moodle first we need to install all required. First, we need to install and configure LAMP and after that all PHP extension.
PHP:
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Add PPA Repository:
First, add PPA repositories in your system using the following command:
# sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php-7.0
Install PHP7:
After adding PPA repository run mention command to install all PHP required packages:
# apt-get install php7.2 php7.2-curl php7.2-gd php7.2-intl php7.2-ldap php7.2-mysql php7.2-pspell php7.2-xml php7.2-xmlrpc php7.2-zip php7.2-common php7.2-opcache php7.2-mbstring php7.2-soap
MySQL:
MySQL is an open source relational database management system (RDBMS) based on Structured Query Language (SQL).
Install MySQL:
Now install MySQL server and other dependency packages.
# apt-get install mysql-server-5.7
Start MySQL Service:
Now start MySQL service and enable to start on boot using below commands.
For Ubuntu 18.04
# systemctl start mysqld.service
# systemctl enable mysqld.service
For Ubuntu 16.04
# service mysqld start
# chkconfig mysqld on
Set Root Password:
Apply security on MySQL and also set root user password.
# mysql_secure_installation
Apache Server:
Apache (HTTPD) is the most popular web server used on Linux systems. Let’s follow following steps of install Apache Server:
Install Apache Server:
After installing MySQL install apache using the following command:
# apt-get install apache2
Start Apache Service:
Now start Apache service and enable to start on boot using below commands.
For Ubuntu 18.04
# systemctl start apache2.service
# systemctl enable apache2.service
For Ubuntu 16.04
# service httpd start
# chkconfig httpd on
Step 2: Create a MySQL Database
Create database user and password which we will use for Moodle database.
# mysql -u root -p
mysql> create database moodle;
mysql> grant all privileges on moodle.* to 'moodle'@'localhost' identified by 'redhat';
mysql>
Step 3: Download Moodle and Decompress:
After downloading all require packages now we download Moodle and decompress it. You can directly download the latest version of Moodle from the official website.
# cd /var/www/html
# wget https://download.moodle.org/stable36/moodle-3.6.3.tgz
# tar -zxvf moodle-3.6.3.tgz
Set the following permissions for apache user to moodle directory:
# chmod -R 755 /var/www/html/moodle
# chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/moodle
Step 4: Create a Data Directory for Moodle
Moodle obliges a directory to store all its files, session information and so on. The web server needs to be able to write to this directory. This directory must NOT be accessible directly via the web.
# mkdir /var/www/html/moodledata
Set the following permissions for apache user to moodle directory:
# chmod -R 777 /var/www/html/moodledata
# chown -R www-data:www-data /var/www/html/moodledata
Step 5: Configure Web Server VirtualHost
Now we will create a VirtualHost in Apache configuration file /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
<VirtualHost *:80>
ServerAdmin support@techoism.com
DocumentRoot /var/www/html/moodle
ServerName moodle.techoism.com
ErrorLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/error.log
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log combined
<Directory "/var/www/html/moodle">
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
Require all granted
<Directory>
<VirtualHost>
Restart Apache Server to reload changes.
For Ubuntu 16.04
# service httpd restart
For Ubuntu 18.04
# systemctl restart httpd
Step 6: Finally Start Moodle Web Installer
Open up your web browser and navigate to http://moodle.techoism.com and follow the instruction:
Choose a language you want to use and click on “Next”
In the next step, we will mention Web Address, Moodle directory, and Data directory path and click on “Next”
Select the database driver and click on “Next”.
Fill the required Database information and click on “Next”.
Now click on Continue to accept the License Agreement.
Now the installer will check for all required modules are installed or not and press continue.
Installing all Moodle modules. Click continue when complete.
Create a Administrator account and click Update.
Now do the front page setting and press save.
Now your Moodle site has been successfully installed. You can log in with the admin account.
Now you see the Moodle dashboard.
Enjoy it!
