After
#yum install moodle
what's the proper way of configuring and starting moodle on Fedora 18?
The web-based install doesn't work because of the missing install.php file:
# grep install.php moodle.spec rm config-dist.php install.php filter/tex/mimetex.* filter/tex/README.mimetex
The command-line alternatives from the "official documentation"
http://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Installing_Moodle
die with various (selinux, file permission, locale or other) errors...
Does there exist some step-by-step fedora-specific documentation?
J. Virágh
Hi Janos,
Try this. http://pkgs.org/fedora-18/fedora-i386/moodle-2.3.3-1.fc18.noarch.rpm.html
HTH,
Zoltan
2013/4/9 Virágh János viragh@inf.u-szeged.hu
After
#yum install moodle
what's the proper way of configuring and starting moodle on Fedora 18?
The web-based install doesn't work because of the missing install.php file:
# grep install.php moodle.spec rm config-dist.php install.php filter/tex/mimetex.* filter/tex/README.mimetex
The command-line alternatives from the "official documentation"
http://docs.moodle.org/23/en/Installing_Moodle
die with various (selinux, file permission, locale or other) errors...
Does there exist some step-by-step fedora-specific documentation?
J. Virágh
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On Tue, 9 Apr 2013, Virágh János wrote:
After
#yum install moodle
what's the proper way of configuring and starting moodle on Fedora 18?
You just need to tell the config.php file how to find your database - see the /usr/share/doc/moodle-2.3.6/README-rpm file.
However, there is a problem with the current Fedora and EPEL moodle packages because they remove some php QuickForm files that the moodle source ships with in favour of Fedora's packaged version. Unfortunately moodle is expecting a couple of extra files that aren't in the Fedora version because they are now obsolete.
Michael Young
El 10/04/13 00:47, M A Young escribió:
On Tue, 9 Apr 2013, Virágh János wrote:
After
#yum install moodle
what's the proper way of configuring and starting moodle on Fedora 18?
You just need to tell the config.php file how to find your database - see the /usr/share/doc/moodle-2.3.6/README-rpm file.
You also need to fix SElinux permissions (see below)
However, there is a problem with the current Fedora and EPEL moodle packages because they remove some php QuickForm files that the moodle source ships with in favour of Fedora's packaged version. Unfortunately moodle is expecting a couple of extra files that aren't in the Fedora version because they are now obsolete.
Michael Young
I had lots of problems to install moodle into Fedora, and also you should know that every time it is updated by yum you will need to fix permissions (SELinux mostly).
I work developing courses in moodle for my clients (schools) and they have a certain version of moodle in their servers. To keep everything simple, I installed in my computer the same version they have and I do not want yum to update it.
To put it to work, I ended up using the rpm from moodle.org, and yum localinstall it so that it would pull dependecies. All the php and mysql packages are from remi collet's repository (again it was just easier than fight against Fedora's packages).
From my notes:
install moodle, mysql, mysql-server give permisions to apache to the moodle folder /var/www/moodle chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_rw_t /var/www/moodle setup moodle database in mysql edit config.php to add login, passw, root for www
Then, when updating with yum, remember to exclude moodle. Anyway, you don't want it to be updated every few weeks if you are developing courses for others like I do.
Keep in mind that I only develop courses in this server, and then transfer them for teaching... I mean, this is just development. I do not have students or other users accessing so I don't know how would that go. If this would be a live server I would not go for Fedora, I would pick some other linux flavour that does not change so quickly.
HTH, Ester
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On 04/10/2013 02:03 AM, Ester Muoz Aparicio wrote:
El 10/04/13 00:47, M A Young escribi:
On Tue, 9 Apr 2013, Vir￡gh J￡nos wrote:
After
#yum install moodle
what's the proper way of configuring and starting moodle on Fedora 18?
You just need to tell the config.php file how to find your database - see the /usr/share/doc/moodle-2.3.6/README-rpm file.
You also need to fix SElinux permissions (see below)
However, there is a problem with the current Fedora and EPEL moodle packages because they remove some php QuickForm files that the moodle source ships with in favour of Fedora's packaged version. Unfortunately moodle is expecting a couple of extra files that aren't in the Fedora version because they are now obsolete.
Michael Young
I had lots of problems to install moodle into Fedora, and also you should know that every time it is updated by yum you will need to fix permissions (SELinux mostly).
I work developing courses in moodle for my clients (schools) and they have a certain version of moodle in their servers. To keep everything simple, I installed in my computer the same version they have and I do not want yum to update it.
To put it to work, I ended up using the rpm from moodle.org, and yum localinstall it so that it would pull dependecies. All the php and mysql packages are from remi collet's repository (again it was just easier than fight against Fedora's packages).
From my notes:
install moodle, mysql, mysql-server give permisions to apache to the moodle folder /var/www/moodle
Well we had the correct label for /var/www/moodledata(/.*)? gen_context(system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_rw_content_t,s0)
I will update policy and Fix it for RHEL6, and all Supported Fedora.
/var/www/moodle(/.*)? gen_context(system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_rw_content_t,s0)
chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_rw_t /var/www/moodle setup moodle database in mysql edit config.php to add login, passw, root for www
Then, when updating with yum, remember to exclude moodle. Anyway, you don't want it to be updated every few weeks if you are developing courses for others like I do.
Keep in mind that I only develop courses in this server, and then transfer them for teaching... I mean, this is just development. I do not have students or other users accessing so I don't know how would that go. If this would be a live server I would not go for Fedora, I would pick some other linux flavour that does not change so quickly.
HTH, Ester
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Le 10/04/2013 15:46, Daniel J Walsh a écrit :
On 04/10/2013 02:03 AM, Ester Muoz Aparicio wrote:
El 10/04/13 00:47, M A Young escribi:
On Tue, 9 Apr 2013, Vir￡gh J￡nos wrote:
After
#yum install moodle
what's the proper way of configuring and starting moodle on Fedora 18?
You just need to tell the config.php file how to find your database - see the /usr/share/doc/moodle-2.3.6/README-rpm file.
You also need to fix SElinux permissions (see below)
However, there is a problem with the current Fedora and EPEL moodle packages because they remove some php QuickForm files that the moodle source ships with in favour of Fedora's packaged version. Unfortunately moodle is expecting a couple of extra files that aren't in the Fedora version because they are now obsolete.
Michael Young
I had lots of problems to install moodle into Fedora, and also you should know that every time it is updated by yum you will need to fix permissions (SELinux mostly).
I work developing courses in moodle for my clients (schools) and they have a certain version of moodle in their servers. To keep everything simple, I installed in my computer the same version they have and I do not want yum to update it.
To put it to work, I ended up using the rpm from moodle.org, and yum localinstall it so that it would pull dependecies. All the php and mysql packages are from remi collet's repository (again it was just easier than fight against Fedora's packages).
From my notes:
install moodle, mysql, mysql-server give permisions to apache to the moodle folder /var/www/moodle
Well we had the correct label for /var/www/moodledata(/.*)? gen_context(system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_rw_content_t,s0)
I will update policy and Fix it for RHEL6, and all Supported Fedora.
/var/www/moodle(/.*)? gen_context(system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_rw_content_t,s0)
Why this ? Does we really need to allow apache to "write" the moodle web pages ?
currently : $ ll -Z /var/www/moodle/ drwxr-xr-x. apache apache system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 data drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 web
@moodle packager, Why not use a more standard (FHS) layout
/var/www/moodle/web => /usr/share/moodle /var/www/moodle/data => /var/lib/moodle
@Dan, we already have some other web app with SElinux context (ex, see glpi), managed in package scriptlet. Do you really plan to add all this directories in default policy ?
Remi.
chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_rw_t /var/www/moodle setup moodle database in mysql edit config.php to add login, passw, root for www
Then, when updating with yum, remember to exclude moodle. Anyway, you don't want it to be updated every few weeks if you are developing courses for others like I do.
Keep in mind that I only develop courses in this server, and then transfer them for teaching... I mean, this is just development. I do not have students or other users accessing so I don't know how would that go. If this would be a live server I would not go for Fedora, I would pick some other linux flavour that does not change so quickly.
HTH, Ester
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On 04/10/2013 10:35 AM, Remi Collet wrote:
Le 10/04/2013 15:46, Daniel J Walsh a écrit :
On 04/10/2013 02:03 AM, Ester Muoz Aparicio wrote:
El 10/04/13 00:47, M A Young escribi:
On Tue, 9 Apr 2013, Vir￡gh J￡nos wrote:
After
#yum install moodle
what's the proper way of configuring and starting moodle on Fedora 18?
You just need to tell the config.php file how to find your database - see the /usr/share/doc/moodle-2.3.6/README-rpm file.
You also need to fix SElinux permissions (see below)
However, there is a problem with the current Fedora and EPEL moodle packages because they remove some php QuickForm files that the moodle source ships with in favour of Fedora's packaged version. Unfortunately moodle is expecting a couple of extra files that aren't in the Fedora version because they are now obsolete.
Michael Young
I had lots of problems to install moodle into Fedora, and also you should know that every time it is updated by yum you will need to fix permissions (SELinux mostly).
I work developing courses in moodle for my clients (schools) and they have a certain version of moodle in their servers. To keep everything simple, I installed in my computer the same version they have and I do not want yum to update it.
To put it to work, I ended up using the rpm from moodle.org, and yum localinstall it so that it would pull dependecies. All the php and mysql packages are from remi collet's repository (again it was just easier than fight against Fedora's packages).
From my notes:
install moodle, mysql, mysql-server give permisions to apache to the moodle folder /var/www/moodle
Well we had the correct label for /var/www/moodledata(/.*)? gen_context(system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_rw_content_t,s0)
I will update policy and Fix it for RHEL6, and all Supported Fedora.
/var/www/moodle(/.*)? gen_context(system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_rw_content_t,s0)
I guess this should be /var/www/moodle/data(/.*)? gen_context(system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_rw_content_t,s0)
Why this ? Does we really need to allow apache to "write" the moodle web pages ?
currently : $ ll -Z /var/www/moodle/ drwxr-xr-x. apache apache system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 data drwxr-xr-x. root root system_u:object_r:httpd_sys_content_t:s0 web
Sounds good to me, please open a bugzilla. I also already added labeling for /var/lib/moodle
@moodle packager, Why not use a more standard (FHS) layout
/var/www/moodle/web => /usr/share/moodle /var/www/moodle/data => /var/lib/moodle
@Dan, we already have some other web app with SElinux context (ex, see glpi), managed in package scriptlet. Do you really plan to add all this directories in default policy ?
Remi.
chcon -R -t httpd_sys_content_rw_t /var/www/moodle setup moodle database in mysql edit config.php to add login, passw, root for www
Then, when updating with yum, remember to exclude moodle. Anyway, you don't want it to be updated every few weeks if you are developing courses for others like I do.
Keep in mind that I only develop courses in this server, and then transfer them for teaching... I mean, this is just development. I do not have students or other users accessing so I don't know how would that go. If this would be a live server I would not go for Fedora, I would pick some other linux flavour that does not change so quickly.
HTH, Ester
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