This is for a single server Moodle Install.
Assumption: A base install of CentOS 5.x is completed, and mysqld and httpd have already been installed.
1. Server preparation - Login as root or superuser
yum install php* php-mysql httpd* mysql*
All the packages are not neccessary, but if you are going to install any plugins, they may be needed.
2. Make sure Mysql and Http are started and can start automatically on reboot.
service mysqld start
service httpd start
chkconfig httpd on
chkconfig mysqld on
3. Assign a root password to mysql
/usr/bin/mysqladmin -u root password 'yourpasswordhere'
It is recommended to set a secure root password!
4. Login to Mysql, Create an empty database and assign a user for moodle.
mysql -u root -p yourpasswordhere
At the mysql prompt:
CREATE DATABASE mydbname CHARSET 'utf8';
GRANT select,insert,update,delete,create,drop,index,alter
ON mydbname.*
TO mymoodleuser@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'moodleuserpassword';
flush privileges;
quit;
5. Download moodle and extract to webserver root.
cd /tmp
wget http://download.moodle.org/download.php/stable19/moodle-weekly-19.tgz
[check moodle.org for latest version!!!]
tar xzf moodle-weekly-19.tgz
cd moodle-weekly-19
cp -r * /var/www/html/
chown -R root:root /var/www/html/
6. Create Moodledata folder [not in webserver root!]
mkdir /usr/moodledata
cd /usr/moodledata
chown -R apache:apache /usr/moodledata
Note: I use the paranoid file permissions as recommended on Moodle.org:
See Paraniod Moodle Permissions!
7. Setup your config.php
Please see here for further details.
8. Edit Apache config file
I prefer nano, not VIM
nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
Add lines to end of file:
[Directory "/usr/moodle/mymoodle"]*
DirectoryIndex index.php
AcceptPathInfo on
AllowOverride None
Options None
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
[/Directory]*
*substitute the [] with <> !!
9. Setup the Moodle Cron job.
nano /etc/crontab
add line
*/5 * * * * /usr/bin/wget -O /dev/null http://localhost/admin/cron.php
10. Open up a web browser on the server and hit: http://localhost/admin
Happy Moodling!
-n
