Moodle help

[firefox_2006]

Hi

 

I have managed to setup Moodle 1.8.2 using WAMP on a Windows 2003 Server machine.

 

How do I now get access to it from other machines in the school.

 

the local address is //localhost/moodle

 

firefox_2006

[plock]

Should be something like this:

 

http://servername/moodle

[firefox_2006]

Nope still won't work

 

any other ideas??

 

have I got to faff about with the server for it to accept incoming requests or something like that?

 

firefox_2006

 

soooooooo close now

[webman]

You need to change the Apache httpd.conf (WAMP icon > Config files > httpd.conf) file around line 204 to something like this:

 

Order Allow,Deny
Allow from all

 

Look up the Apache documentation if you want to restrict this to a subnet or such.

[firefox_2006]

still not working

 

the name of the server that moodle is installed on is moodleserver

 

so i take it all i need to do is open IE and type in

 

moodleserver/moodle

 

is this correct?

[webman]

Yep, that should work.

 

What error message(s) are other netwprk machines getting when they try to browse to http://moodleserver/moodle? Can other machines ping 'moddleserver' and get a reply? If not it could be that the moodleserver is not in the DNS. It's also worth checking the Apache access/error logs.

[maniac]

Try using the server IP number in place of the server name, as this will bypass DNS, and show if it's a problem with the webserver or DNS.

 

Mike.

[firefox_2006]

Hi

 

I can ping the server and remote desktop to it as well, but I just can't get access to the bloody moodle on any other computer, what am I doing wrong?

 

Is there a setting somewhere I have not checked?

 

firefox_2006

[plock]

So replacing http:// servername / moodle with http:// IP ADDRESS /moodle doesn't work?

[firefox_2006]

@Plock: No it does not.........I am using WAMP and all services are running, server is showing as "online", why cannot I access it from any other machines?

 

firefox_2006

[strawberry]

make sure you've run the apache and mysql batch files, then type in the server name into IE and you should be ok

[firefox_2006]

@strawberry:

 

Where do I find these batch files? sorry if I sound totally useless but I have never set this up before, did not know it would be such a ball ache!

 

firefox_2006

[webman]

From the other machines: Can you access the main WAMP page, eg by browsing to http://servername/ or http://ip.address.of.server?

[firefox_2006]

@webman

 

No I can't, I have just tried creating a hello.html file in the www root folder of the wamp folder, gone to another machine, opened up a web browser typed in the ip address/moodle and still cant access nothing.

 

[webman]

What exactly is coming up then when you try to access it?

 

What is the IP configuration of the network/moodle server/clients?

[thegrassisgreener]

open the config.php file and in there you can set the host machine by the IP address. Change that.

 

cheers

[maniac]

Make sure apache is shown as an exception in your windows firewall (if it's turned on.)

 

If it's not shown, then add port 80 as an exception, this will let webtraffic through the firewall.

 

Mike.

[firefox_2006]

I have found out what the problem was, bloody windows firewall :x turned it off for now, is there anyway to configure the windows firewall so that I can have it on?

 

also I need the GD Library installing as I cannot see images such as similies etc, how do you do this?

 

firefox_2006

[webman]

Windows "firewall" is more useless than a chocolate teapot on an internal LAN anyway so you might as well leave it disabled.

 

To enable GD: click WAMP tray icon > PHP settings > PHP extensions > php_gd2.

[firefox_2006]

@webman:

Tried going to the tray - still not working, what else can I try?

 

firefox_2006

[webman]

On the moodle server go to http://localhost/?phpinfo=1 - scroll half-way down the page and look for GD - this will show if GD is running.

 

However I suspect that GD is not the cause of the problem where images aren't being displayed. Could you post your Moodle configuration and the IPs/URLs you are trying to access Moodle from?