Move Moodle To A SubDomain

[pritchardavid]

Hi there

 

Could someone tell me how I could move our Moodle install to a subdomain?

 

Moodle is on the same server as our school website (in a sub directory)

 

We are running IIS.

 

So what setup do I need to do in

 

- Moodle

 

- IIS

 

- Internal DNS Servers

 

- External DNS Server (123Reg)

 

 

Many Thanks!

[irsprint84]

external sub domain? easy as pie

 

go into local DNS and change A record for sub domain, the go into iis and chnage the binding to new sub domain then in external DNS change the A record

[penfold_99]

You would also need to update your moodle config.php with your new URL for the site. This could also break any hardcoded links on the site to files and resources, this could be managed with filters if it's a big problem.

[pritchardavid]

Ok this is what I have done but have problems

 

Copied our moodle installed folder to C:\wwwvle

 

Edited our moodle config file, settings are below

 

<?php /// Moodle Configuration File

 

unset($CFG);

 

$CFG->dbtype = 'mysql';

 

$CFG->dbhost = 'localhost';

 

$CFG->dbname = 'moodle';

 

$CFG->dbuser = 'root';

 

$CFG->dbpass = 'fakepassword';

 

$CFG->dbpersist = false;

 

$CFG->prefix = 'mdl_';

 

$CFG->wwwroot = 'http://vle.theockendonacademy.com';

 

$CFG->dirroot = 'C:\wwwvle';

 

$CFG->dataroot = 'C:\inetpub\vledata';

 

$CFG->admin = 'admin';

 

$CFG->directorypermissions = 00777; // try 02777 on a server in Safe Mode

 

require_once("$CFG->dirroot/lib/setup.php");

 

// MAKE SURE WHEN YOU EDIT THIS FILE THAT THERE ARE NO SPACES, BLANK LINES,

 

// RETURNS, OR ANYTHING ELSE AFTER THE TWO CHARACTERS ON THE NEXT LINE.

 

 

Made a new website in IIS with the following settings

- Site Name = VLE

- Physical Path = C:\wwwvle

- Host Name = vle.theockendonacademy.com

 

Made a record in DNS - vle.theockendonacademy.com with IP of server

 

Made a record in 123Reg - vle with external IP address of server

 

Ping vle.theockendonacademy.com - This pings correctlly

 

 

How ever when I go to the web address it redirects to theockendonacademy.com/wordpress, this is our website address

 

I do have at the momment a wordpress muiltsite setup, but at the momment as im still creating the new site on this, I have set the root of the default website to have html file as the default file with a index.php that redirects to theockendonacademy.com/wordpress, as the new website (Wordpress Mutilsite) is in the root of the server.

 

Also for the Wordpress Mulitisite I set * A records to both the internal and 123reg DNS servers

 

 

Cheers