MOODLE UBUNTU: INSTALL

6 Easy steps to install MOODLE on Ubuntu!

TOWiOS-MOODLE-install

(If you use these instructions you do so at your own risk. They are not considered ‘perfect’, and are purely for testing purposes.)

DOWNLOAD PDF GUIDE: https://github.com/TOWiOS/MOODLE-Ubuntu

USE YOUTUBE GUIDE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2NW93LKJhQ&t=480s

1> INSTALL SOFTWARE

Install packages for apache, mysql and php:
sudo apt install apache2 mysql-client mysql-server php libapache2-mod-php graphviz aspell ghostscript php-pspell php-curl php-gd php-intl php-mysql php-xml php-xmlrpc php-ldap php-zip php-soap php-mbstring

You will be asked to continue:
Do you want to continue? Y/n (Enter)

Note: At the time of writing this guide, Ubuntu installed version 8.1 of php. (Yours may be newer – make a note of the version.)

2> WEB SERVER (APACHE2) SETUP

Amend the php.ini file (note: Your php version may vary): 

sudo nano /etc/php/8.1/apache2/php.ini  

  • Remove the comment (semi-colon) by line: max_input_vars 
  • Increase the size of max_input_vars to at least 5000
  • Locate upload_max_filesize and change value to = 20M
  • Locate max_file_uploads and change value to = 40

Restart the web server: 

sudo service apache2 start

Check the webserver is running: 

Load firefox and go to – http://localhost 

3> DOWNLOAD MOODLE

Note: The version of Moodle may vary. At the time of writing, it was 401. Step 2 – enter the relevant username, and Moodle version.

Download the latest .tgz Moodle file:
https://download.moodle.org/releases/latest/

Extract the downloaded file to:
sudo tar -zxvf /home/username/Downloads/moodle-latest-401.tgz –directory /var/www/html/

4> MYSQL SETUP

Note: Anything underlined can be changed to suit your needs – but remember the details for later.

Start mysql: 
sudo service mysql start

Log into mysql: 
sudo mysql -u root -p
Enter password (enter)

Create moodle database: 
CREATE DATABASE moodle DEFAULT CHARACTER SET utf8mb4 COLLATE utf8mb4_unicode_ci;

Check database was created: 
show databases;

Create database user: 
create user ‘moodleuser‘@’localhost’ IDENTIFIED BY ‘password123’;

Assign database permissions: 
GRANT SELECT,INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE,CREATE,CREATE TEMPORARY TABLES,DROP,INDEX,ALTER ON moodle.* TO ‘moodleuser‘@’localhost’;

Leave mysql:
quit;

5> WEB SERVER PERMISSIONS

Set permissions for the web server:
sudo chown -R www-data /var/www
sudo chmod -R 755 /var/www

Create directory for moodle data:
sudo mkdir /var/moodledata

Assign permissions to moodle web directories:
sudo chown -R www-data /var/moodledata
sudo chmod -R 777 /var/moodledata
sudo chmod -R 0755 /var/www/html/moodle

Restart the web server:
sudo service apache2 restart

6> INSTALL MOODLE

  1. Firefox, go to: http://localhost/moodle 
  1. Language: en (NEXT)
  1. Confirm Paths: 

web address = http://localhost/moodle

Moodle directory = /var/www/html/moodle

Data directory = /var/moodledata

             (NEXT)

  1. Choose database driver: Improved MySQL (native/mysqli)

             (NEXT)

  1. Database Settings:

host: localhost

database name: moodle

database user: moodleuser

database password: password123

             (NEXT)

  1. Copyright notice: Read

             (CONTINUE)

  1. Server Checks: (Everything should be green ‘ok’ – You may have a warning re HTTPS which is expected for this)

             (CONTINUE)

The system will then install – this can take a few moments, be patient. You will know when it is finished as it will ask you to: ‘CONTINUE’.

  1. Configure your main administrator account – General:

username: admin

choose authentication method: Manual accounts

*New password: Complex123!

*First name: Admin

*Last Name: User

*Email Address: 

Email visibility: Hidden

City/Town:

Country: United Kingdom

Timezone: Europe/London

Description:

             Additional Names: (leave as is)

             Optional: (Leave as is)

             (UPDATE PROFILE)

  1. New settings – site home settings:

Full site name: The Only Way is Open Source

Short name: TOWiOS

Site home summary: leave blank.

Location: Europe/London

Manage authentication: leave default – Disable

Support contact: enter an email address in.

             Outgoing mail configuration:

             (SAVE CHANGES) 

Finished – Dashboard page loads for the admin user:

Note: http://localhost/moodle will now load the installed Moodle site by default.