Moodle Setup on Server 2012

[ajames]

I am looking for some assistance.

Our VLE (Moodle) is hosted by another organisation and they are not the best at updating the system, we are about 8 versions behind.

 

I have been asked to install and host moodle on our server, but its a bit of a mind blower for a first timer. Does anyone have any clear step by step instructions for setting up a Server 2012 to run the latest version of moodle, php sql etc

[3s-gtech]

Do you have the Server 2012 machine set up as any sort of web server already? Depending on your licensing, this is a job that Linux was built for - a VM or otherwise can be put together, and setting it up with a static IP then installing LAMP is very straightforward.

 

If that's not possible, you can install WAMP -

or use IIS How To Install Latest PHP and MySQL Versions on Windows Server 2012 | CloudServers.com

[SHimmer45]

for testing RLP stuff and also as a temp server i have used this EasyPHP | Install a local WAMP server : PHP 5 VC9, Apache 2 VC9, MySQL 5, PhpMyAdmin, Xdebug and Modules on Windows XP/Vista/Seven in the past on windows platforms works well as WAMP package

[unixman_again]

We run one of our Moodles on 2012, with IIS. There's no real secret to it, just follow the instructions here https://docs.moodle.org/27/en/Installing_Moodle. You can install PHP & MySQL using wpilauncher or DIY, which is what I did.

[buzzlightyear]

This is something my organisation is currently investigating. How many users do have in Moodle? What's your server spec? Do you run any external reports from your Moodle? (SQL reporting).Sorry for the random bombardment of questions..

[ajames]

I have decided to give the linux option a try and have setup a ubuntu server 14.04 following the installtion instructions on https://docs.moodle.org/26/en/Step-by-step_Installation_Guide_for_Ubuntu I have got as far as

 

Step 4: Download Moodle

Setup your local repository and download Moodle, We will use /opt for this installation.

 

cd /opt

 

sudo git clone git://git.moodle.org/moodle.git

 

But it returns an error stating

 

Cloning into moodle

Fatal: unable to connect to git.moodle.org:

git.moodle.org[0: 78.46.57.7]: errno=connection timed out

 

I am a total newbie to linux, can someone point me in the right direction.

[jamesfed]

The simplest way (that I've found so far) is to use the Microsoft Web Platform installer - Download the Microsoft Web Platform

 

It installs anything thats missing on your server (MySQL for example) and is little more than a step by step wizard

[unixman_again]

sudo git clone git://git.moodle.org/moodle.git

 

But it returns an error stating

 

Cloning into moodle

Fatal: unable to connect to git.moodle.org:

git.moodle.org[0: 78.46.57.7]: errno=connection timed out

 

I am a total newbie to linux, can someone point me in the right direction.

Possibly proxy settings. Try something like

git config --global http.proxy http://proxyuser:[email protected]:8080
git config --global https.proxy https://proxyuser:[email protected]:8080

adjusting/omitting params as required

[Cache]

I cloned using HTTPS when I was doing our Moodle setup on Ubuntu, might work a bit easier then the git protocol if your having issues:

 

From memory it was:

sudo -i
cd /opt
export http_proxy=http://myproxy:port/
export https_proxy=http://myproxy:port/
git clone https://github.com/moodle/moodle.git

 

My notebook is at work so can't check to see whether I did anything else at the moment.

[3s-gtech]

Yeah get your proxy settings in, it'll fly then. Then install ssh (apt-get install openssh-server) so you can remote into it with Putty. Give me a PM if you have any questions - I can show you our simple in-house linux webserver.

[unixman_again]

This is something my organisation is currently investigating. How many users do have in Moodle? What's your server spec? Do you run any external reports from your Moodle? (SQL reporting).Sorry for the random bombardment of questions..

The main Moodle 2012R2, 4GB RAM, 2.4GHz dual core, 60GB HD, although it's virtualised. We have 1100 students all who use it. The other Moodle is on the same spec vm with 7 users. We don't run any external reports.