Moodle 3.2.1 Installation – My Projects & Live

Download the latest version from https://download.moodle.org/
Extract the zip file to your webroot directory
Install via your browser http://localhost/works/moodle32/install.php
My setting:

Web address: http://localhost/works/moodle32 Moodle directory : /home/teddy/Documents/works/moodle32 Data directory : /home/teddy/moodledata

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Web address: http://localhost/works/moodle32
Moodle directory : /home/teddy/Documents/works/moodle32
Data directory : /home/teddy/moodledata

Make sure the ‘Data directory’ can be written!
I created the dir ‘moodledata’ then set the permission to 777
Select the database ‘Improved MySQL/mysqli)
My setting:

Database name: moodle32 Tables prefix: mdl_

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Database name: moodle32
Tables prefix: mdl_

But create the new database ‘moodle32’ via phpmyadmin first (collation: utf8-general-ci)
Install and enable some php extensions required. For example I need to install also two php extension xmlrpc and intl (dont forget to restart the apache server after the installation)

teddy@teddy-K43SJ:~$ sudo apt-get install php5.6-xmlrpc teddy@teddy-K43SJ:~$ sudo apt-get install php5.6-intl teddy@teddy-K43SJ:~$ sudo service apache2 restart

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teddy@teddy-K43SJ:~$ sudo apt-get install php5.6-xmlrpc
teddy@teddy-K43SJ:~$ sudo apt-get install php5.6-intl
teddy@teddy-K43SJ:~$ sudo service apache2 restart

Then refresh the page to see the changes
Create an username and password

username: admin password: Admin@123 First Name: Admin Sur Name: User

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username: admin
password: Admin@123

First Name: Admin
Sur Name: User
Site setting

Full site name (fullname) : Moodle 3.2.1 Test Short name for site (eg single word) (shortname) : moodle

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Full site name (fullname) : Moodle 3.2.1 Test
Short name for site (eg single word) (shortname) : moodle
Done. Here is the screenshot
Admin dashboard (http://localhost/works/moodle32/my/) Site Home (http://localhost/works/moodle32/?redirect=0)
Install and Change theme
Currently the default theme is ‘Boost’. If you want to change the theme, you can find them on the internet. The free themes can be found in https://moodle.org/plugins/browse.php?list=category&id=3. Please find the correct support version (here, it should support moodle version 3.2). I use ‘Campus’ theme as an example (https://moodle.org/plugins/theme_campus). The tutorial for the theme installation can be read in https://github.com/dasistwas/moodle-theme_campus/.
I downloaded the theme (https://moodle.org/plugins/download.php/13006/theme_campus_moodle32_2016121403.zip) then extract it in ‘/theme/’ directory of my moodle installation (/moodle32/theme/). Then Go to ‘Site Administration’ -> ‘Notification’ or http://localhost/works/moodle32/admin/index.php. It’d show this page (note: I use ‘Aadvark’ theme here but the step is relatively same)
Then click ‘Upgrade Moodle database now’ button. ATTN: SOMETIMES THE PROCESS TO UPGRADE THE DB IS SLOW (FOR CAMPUS THEME)!
If success, click ‘Continue’ button!.
Then We’d face the page setting for the theme (http://localhost/works/moodle32/admin/upgradesettings.php?). Make any change if necessary then click ‘Save Changes’ button.
DONE
To use the theme, Pls go to ‘Site Administration’ -> ‘Appearance’ -> ‘Themes’ -> ‘Theme Selector’ or http://localhost/works/moodle32/theme/index.php. On ‘Default’, click ‘Change theme’Then select ‘Campus’ theme. Click ‘Use theme’ button (http://localhost/works/moodle32/theme/index.php?confirmation=1&choose=campus).Here is the ‘Campus’ theme looks!
I can do many things else like install and use your own language (Install new language: Site Administration -> Language -> Language Packs) then at ‘Language Settings’, change the default language. Then you can select and change the language from the frontend
Create a new user
Pls go to Site administration -> Users -> Accounts -> Add a new user (http://localhost/works/moodle32/user/editadvanced.php?id=-1). Then fill the formThen click ‘Create User’
Create the courses (and the course category)
Pls go to Site administration -> Courses -> Add a category (http://localhost/works/moodle32/course/editcategory.php?parent=0) then fill the form.Then click ‘Create category’.Then click ‘Create new course’. Then fill the form.Then click ‘Save and return’. You can add some more courses. So here is the looks.
Enroll (Add) users to the courses
For example for adding the new user ‘salman’ to the course ‘Calculus I’. First, click the course ‘Calculus I, then click ‘Enrolled users’ link.then click ‘Enroll user’ button.then modify ‘Assign roles’ to ‘Teacher’ and click ‘Enrol’ for user ‘Salman’. At the end, click ‘Finish enrolling users’ button. Here is the result.To add/enroll a new user as a student, please create the new user like #12 then enroll this user as a student like above!

ourses view as a teacher and a student.
Logout from the admin account. Here is the frontpage (http://localhost/works/moodle32/) looks.

Then try to login as a teacher (user: salman, password: Salman@123). As a teacher, he/she can change/modify the course content (press the right button to on/off the edit mode) and give/add activity.

Then try to login as a student (user: satria, password: Satria@123). As a student, he/she can only read/view the courses (cannot edit the course).

Moodle 1.9.7
USE PHP 5.6 — NO NEED TO CHANGE PHP CLI

teddy@teddy:~$ sudo ln -sfn /usr/bin/php5.6 /etc/alternatives/php

1	teddy@teddy:~$ sudo ln -sfn /usr/bin/php5.6 /etc/alternatives/php

Setup with Nginx

teddy@teddy:~$ sudo gedit /etc/nginx/sites-available/moodle_1917.test

1	teddy@teddy:~$ sudo gedit /etc/nginx/sites-available/moodle_1917.test

Here is the content

server {
    listen 80;
    listen [::]:80;
    root /home/teddy/Documents/works/moodle1917;
    index  index.php index.html index.htm;
    server_name www.moodle_1917.test moodle_1917.test;

    error_log /home/teddy/Documents/works/moodle1917/var/log/moodle_errors.log; 
    access_log /home/teddy/Documents/works/moodle1917/var/log/moodle_access.log;

    location / {
        try_files $uri $uri/ =404;        
    }
 
    location /dataroot/ {
        internal;
        alias /home/teddy/Documents/works/moodle1917data/;
    }

    location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {
        include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;
        fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php5.6-fpm.sock;
        fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;
        include fastcgi_params;
    }

    gzip on;
    gzip_disable "msie6";

    gzip_comp_level 6;
    gzip_min_length 1100;
    gzip_buffers 16 8k;
    gzip_proxied any;
    gzip_types
    text/plain
    text/css
    text/js
    text/xml
    text/javascript
    application/javascript
    application/x-javascript
    application/json
    application/xml
    application/xml+rss
    image/svg+xml;
    gzip_vary on;
}

server {

listen 80;

listen [::]:80;

root /home/teddy/Documents/works/moodle1917;

index index.php index.html index.htm;

server_name www.moodle_1917.test moodle_1917.test;

error_log /home/teddy/Documents/works/moodle1917/var/log/moodle_errors.log;

access_log /home/teddy/Documents/works/moodle1917/var/log/moodle_access.log;

location / {

try_files $uri $uri/ =404;

}

location /dataroot/ {

internal;

alias /home/teddy/Documents/works/moodle1917data/;

}

location ~ [^/]\.php(/|$) {

include snippets/fastcgi-php.conf;

fastcgi_pass unix:/run/php/php5.6-fpm.sock;

fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME $document_root$fastcgi_script_name;

include fastcgi_params;

}

gzip on;

gzip_disable "msie6";

gzip_comp_level 6;

gzip_min_length 1100;

gzip_buffers 16 8k;

gzip_proxied any;

gzip_types

text/plain

text/css

text/js

text/xml

text/javascript

application/javascript

application/x-javascript

application/json

application/xml

application/xml+rss

image/svg+xml;

gzip_vary on;

}

NOTE: Pay attention on these lines

    location /dataroot/ {
        internal;
        alias /home/teddy/Documents/works/moodledata/;
    }

location /dataroot/ {

internal;

alias /home/teddy/Documents/works/moodledata/;

}

I HAVE TO PUT THEM THERE. IF NOT, I’D GET SESSION PROBLEM AND THE STATIC FILES (JS AND CSS) PATH WOULD NOT BE RECOGNIZED
REF: https://www.sudutbaca.com/cara-install-moodle-di-debian-9-menggunakan-nginx-mariadb-php7-2-fpm/

XXXdon’t forget to create the log file in var/log/system.log
Then

teddy@teddy:~$ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/moodle_1917.test /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/moodle_1917.test

1	teddy@teddy:~$ sudo ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/moodle_1917.test /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/moodle_1917.test

Then

teddy@teddy:~$ sudo gedit /etc/hosts

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Insert this line:

...
127.0.0.1 	moodle_1917.test
...

...

127.0.0.1 moodle_1917.test

...

Then check the nginx config and restart nginx

teddy@teddy:~/Documents/works/moodle$ sudo nginx -t
nginx: [warn] conflicting server name "" on 0.0.0.0:80, ignored
nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
teddy@teddy:~/Documents/works/moodle$ sudo service nginx restart

teddy@teddy:~/Documents/works/moodle$ sudo nginx -t

nginx: [warn] conflicting server name "" on 0.0.0.0:80, ignored

nginx: the configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok

nginx: configuration file /etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful

teddy@teddy:~/Documents/works/moodle$ sudo service nginx restart

Set the files owner

teddy@teddy:~/Documents/works/moodle1917$ sudo chown www-data:www-data -R .

1	teddy@teddy:~/Documents/works/moodle1917$ sudo chown www-data:www-data -R .

Open it on your browser http://moodle_1917.test. For the first time, it’ll install Moodle.

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