"How To" Guide for installing moodle on Windows 2003

[darknova]

Hey All,

I'm just wondering if anyone has a how to guide for installing moodle on Windows 2003.

Cheers

DK

[Jona]

Windows installation using XAMPP - MoodleDocs ??

[darknova]

Windows installation using XAMPP - MoodleDocs ??

I was thinking about that, but it said for Testing only! As this setup is not very restrictive, security is out of the window...

Thanks all the same.

[Jona]

Well I think the idea is that if it's a production environment you should know enough to install (and secure) apache,php,mysql yourself. Then just follow the generic moodle install here: Complete install packages - MoodleDocs

For further reading see:
Using Apache with Microsoft Windows - Apache HTTP Server
PHP: Manual Installation Steps - Manual
MySQL :: MySQL 5.0 Reference Manual :: 2.4.8 Installing MySQL on Windows
Securing PHP: Step-by-Step
Securing Apache: Step-by-Step
Securing MySQL: step-by-step

[darknova]

Well I think the idea is that if it's a production environment you should know enough to install (and secure) apache,php,mysql yourself. Then just follow the generic moodle install here: Complete install packages - MoodleDocs

For further reading see:
Using Apache with Microsoft Windows - Apache HTTP Server
PHP: Manual Installation Steps - Manual
MySQL :: MySQL 5.0 Reference Manual :: 2.4.8 Installing MySQL on Windows
Securing PHP: Step-by-Step
Securing Apache: Step-by-Step
Securing MySQL: step-by-step

I totally agree... However, as I'm not used to setting up a Windows Server as Web Server. I would normally use Linux for this, as Windows isn't the most secure OS on the market.

I was looking for some help and support on how to setup and secure the windows server.... Hence the reason why I asked for a "How To" Guide...

Thanks for your constructive criticism

[Jona]

A lot of the same ideas apply especially for a web server. It is important to create a new group and user for apache to run under and another for mysql the same way you do in linux.

Apache, php, etc are virtually identical in terms of security on linux and windows. Some articles on windows security:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sec...hg/sgch00.mspx
15 steps to hardening Windows Server 2003
Windows Server 2003 Hardening List (Part 1)
http://www.uchsc.edu/is/security/Win...list%20v21.pdf (pdf)
Server Hardening Checklists - Windows 2003 Server Hardening Checklist

Sorry it's not a how-to guide but some of those should at least put you in the right direction.

Cheers
Jona

[Edu-IT]

You can get preconfigured PHP packages which have been configured so that the most common extensions are installed.

This could save you some time.